Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings Suspect
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Authorities have taken a man into custody and charged him in the targeted shootings of Minnesota lawmakers Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman. Hortman and her husband were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday morning,
State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.
Vance Boelter was captured in a wooded area on Sunday night, and charged in the shootings of two state lawmakers and their spouses. He appeared in federal court after being charged with murder.
Surveillance footage captured an attempted murder, according to charges unsealed Sunday: A man wearing a mask, a blue shirt and police-style tactical vest with a badge knocked on a door in
A massive search is stretching into its second day for a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker in her suburban Minneapolis home.
Police are investigating two shootings targeting elected officials in Minnesota that could possibly be connected, officials said.