Man suspected of shooting Minnesota lawmakers arrested
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House Speaker Demuth and Governor Walz thank law enforcement after capturing Vance Boelter, accused of killing Melissa Hortman and shooting Senator John Hoffman.
Boelter, 57, the man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and wounding another legislator and his wife in a “politically motivated” attack on Saturday morning. On Sunday morning,
Gov. Tim Walz says Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed. A second lawmaker, state Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife were shot and wounded.
As an “extensive manhunt” for the shooter who targeted two Minnesota politicians continued Saturday morning, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley provided guidance for how thousands of residents in that town should try and stay safe.