Overview

• Vance Boelter, 57, was taken into custody Sunday after allegedly posing as a police officer to fatally shoot Democratic Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband at their Brooklyn Park home.
• State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were wounded in a separate attack in Champlin and are expected to survive following surgery.
• Investigators recovered Boelter’s abandoned vehicle containing a handwritten manifesto listing elected officials and protest slogans, triggering security alerts for other lawmakers.
• Governor Tim Walz condemned the shootings as a politically motivated act of violence and ordered state flags at half-staff to honor the victims.
• The FBI and local authorities coordinated the search, with federal agents offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Boelter’s arrest.