Overview

• Vance Luther Boelter broke into the Champlin home of State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife before driving to Brooklyn Park to attack former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, killing Hortman and her husband and critically wounding the Hoffmans.
• Officers fired on the suspect at Hortman’s residence but failed to apprehend him, triggering a manhunt that now includes aerial surveillance, K-9 teams and searches of multiple properties.
• Investigators discovered a list in Boelter’s vehicle containing more than 70 names, among them Governor Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar, alongside “No Kings” flyers tied to protests against President Trump’s planned military parade.
• Boelter co-leads Praetorian Guard Security Services with his wife, Jenny, who interned for Tim Walz in 2010, and he served on the governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019.
• Records show Boelter heads the Red Lion Group in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has claimed security contracts in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, underscoring his international business ties.