Vance Boelter taken into custody after Minnesota lawmaker shootings | MPR News
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Arrest in Sibley County ends 'largest manhunt in state history.'
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Vance Boelter had a list of targets and, had Brooklyn Park officers not confronted him at House DFL leader Melissa Hortman's home early Saturday morning, he likely would have "continued throughout the day," said Drew Evans, head of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. "He was forced to abandon his plan."
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Gov. Tim Walz and law enforcement authorities briefed reporters Sunday evening just before 11 p.m. following the capture of Vance Boelter. Here’s what they said:
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Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent Drew Evans said Boelter has been charged in the shootings and that the case will be reviewed for possible federal charges.
He said had Brooklyn Park officers not confronted Boelter at House DFL leader Melissa Hortman’s home early Saturday morning, he likely would have “continued throughout the day … He was forced to abandon his plan,” adding that Boelter’s list of possible targets included people in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan.
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Evans said authorities were confident Boelter acted alone in “the violence he committed.” He said Boelter was armed when he was arrested.
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Brooklyn Park police Chief Mark Bruley described the search for Boelter as “the largest manhunt in state history.” Searching near Boelter’s Sibley County property, an officer thought they saw him rush into the woods. Bruley said authorities hurried to set up a perimeter and with the help of technology and a State Patrol helicopter, they were able to call him out of the woods and into a field.
“This is a very dangerous individual for our communities,” Bruley said, adding that the work of looking at a motive for the killings continues.
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Walz praised law enforcement for capturing Boelter. He mourned Hortman, saying, “One man’s unthinkable actions have altered the state of Minnesota.” He vowed to “put every ounce of energy the state of Minnesota has to make sure the justice is served.”
Walz, who’d said on Saturday that Hortman’s shooting appeared to be a “politically motivated assassination” pleaded on Sunday for civility in American life. “This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way we deal with our political differences.”
Boelter was booked into the Hennepin County Jail just after 1 a.m. Monday, pending an initial court appearance scheduled for Monday afternoon.
Massive manhunt
Boelter had been the subject of an extensive, multiday manhunt after he allegedly shot and killed Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, early Saturday morning at the Hortmans’ home in Brooklyn Park. He is also believed to have shot and wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home in Champlin.
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher posted a photo of Boelter on social media after the arrest.
Fletcher wrote that Boelter was arrested “after relentless and determined police work.”
“Thanks to the dedication of multiple agencies working together along with support from the community, justice is one step closer.”
The FBI had offered a $50,000 award for information that leads to Boelter's arrest. He was considered armed and dangerous.
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... targets that included other democrats and abortion providers/clinics in the state.
Glad they got him
now it's going to be a million dollar trial spectacle, instead of some wack job that ended up with $5 worth of lead in his skull.
... a maga/thumper wack job.
He's probably expecting a pardon.
... it's in process now.
I hope he's tried in state court. Then there can't be a federal pardon
pretty sure I read that the feds are already involved ...
But there can't be the death penalty either.
Life in prison is fine, too.
... as long as he's kept in general population. he can minister to all the non-magas in the cellblock ...
... in between ass kickings and sexual assaults.
I'm a Court TV junkie. I'll be watching.
a bit too much like watching sand dunes being created to hold my interest ...
I do like to watch some short critiques of trump losing in court on youtube though ...
I hope so too, Federal trials aren't televised. Not impossible to be charged both state and federal.
Federal charges would be based on violating the victims' civil rights I think
like continuing to live?
something like that
Federal charges would be for domestic terrorism. If he crossed state lines that brings in the FBI and the feds.
a fed hate crime. no matter, the state has him dead to right on a 1st degree murder rap.
Good they caught him
It's called Stochastic Terrorism. When a public figure makes statements liable to inflame hatred or violence.
trump does the mob version. he expresses a need/want and then expects his sycophants to carry it out ...
hypothetical suggestion ...
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hopefully the authorities let the shooter wear his maga/thumper t-shirt at the arraignment today ...
another xtian soldier casualty of the maga crusade ...
OK, does anybody else think this guy looks like Rodney Dangerfield?
a bit but I doubt is he is as nice or as kind as Mr Dangerfield was reported to be
"I had such bad luck with women, I had sex once and caught VD twice...."
---Rodney Dangerfield...
careful, you don't want to besmirch a maga idol ...
... the shooter.
I am so, so glad for Minnesota that he was found out so early on as he has the perfect disarming "technique" of mimicking an officer of the law. What civic minded servant would not open his or her door to a law enforcement officer's visit as it could have been to deliver a warning such as: "Be on the lookout for _____ ."