A massive search continued on Sunday for a suspicious man in the fatal shooting of the state representative of Minnesota, Melissa Hortman and his husband, and a separate shot against another state legislator and his spouse, the authorities said.
The 57 -year -old Vance Boelter human hunting extended on its second day after Saturday’s twin attacks in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and the discovery in the suspect vehicle of an alleged target list of dozens of Minnesota Democrats, including Governor Tim Walz, the American representative Ilhan Omar, the senator of the United States Smith and state attorney general, the Andeño, according to the right of the law.
During a press conference on Sunday night, the police said that a hat that is believed to be associated with the suspect was found near his alleged vehicle. There were several elements of evidence relevant to the ongoing investigation found in the vehicle outside the alleged objective list, the police added, but did not reveal what more was discovered.
The authorities said they identified Vance Boelter, 57, as a person of interest.
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The discovery of the hat is what led the authorities to believe that Boelter was in the area, but was not found. It is believed to be alive and in general, police said.
Police said Boelter has been in contact with people, but they are still trying to determine if he is receiving any help while he is in police execution. “All options are on the table,” said Drew Evans, the Superintendent of the Office of Criminal A apprehension in the Minnesota Public Security Department.
The FBI offers a $ 50,000 reward for information that leads to Boelter arrest.
There is a national order for Boelter arrest at the state level and a federal illegal flight order to avoid prosecution, police said Sunday.
The authorities gather in a baseball park in Green isle, Minnesota, on June 15, 2025, while looking for Vance Luther Boelter, 57, the suspect of the fatal shooting of the representative of the state of Minnesota, Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.
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“At this time we are asking the public if you locate it, if you see it, call 911. Do not approach it. You should consider it armed and dangerous,” said Superintendent Drew Evans of the Minnesota Criminal apprehension Office at a press conference on Saturday.
The photos of the Vance Boelter murder suspect obtained by ABC News show it in one of the houses he supposedly was this morning.
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The suspect’s wife was arrested to interrogate after a traffic stop near Onamia on Saturday morning, multiple sources of application of the law to the Minnesota Abc News KSTP affiliate said. She was released without being arrested, according to KTSP, which reports that her vehicle was stopped.
It is suspected that Boelter enters the houses of legislators disguising themselves as a police officer, even arriving at the victims’ house in a vehicle that looked like a police cruise equipped with intermittent emergency lights, authorities said.
The representative of the State of Minnesota, Melissa Hortman and the senator of the state of Minnesota, John Hoffman, are shown in these photos of files without date.
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The shootings took place around 2 in the morning on Saturday, when the senator of the state of Minnesota, John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette, were shot several times in his house in Champlin, authorities said.
Shortly after the shooting at the Hoffmans house, state representative Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot dead at his home in Brooklyn Park, according to the authorities.
Leah Palmer visits an improvised memorial for the state representative of Minnesota Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in the State Capitol, on June 15, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn.
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Police believe that the suspect opened fire against the victims while wearing a latex mask, the sources said.
An improvised memorial for the state representative of Minnesota Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark is seen in the State Capitol, on June 15, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn.
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After the shooting at the Hoffman residence, the officers were sent to Hortman’s house to verify their well -being, authorities said. When the officers reached the residence, they met the gunman around 3:35 am, the suspect and the officers exchanged shots before the suspect escaped, fled on foot and left behind his false car of the police, where the investigators found their target list, the authorities said.
The authorities said they identified Vance Boelter, 57, as a person of interest.
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Two associates of Senator Hoffman and his wife told ABC News on Sunday that the couple was awake and out of surgery.
Yvette Hoffman is aware and “is doing relatively well”, and John Hoffman is alert and recovering from a collapsed lung, the associates said. A source estimates that Senator Hoffman received several times.
“All are cautiously optimistic,” said one of the fountains.
Boelter, a husband and a father, according to an online biography, has promoted extensive experience in military security and training, according to a review of ABC news of his online presence and professional history.
Boelter helped lead the private security firm Praetorian Guard Security Services, based on the Twin Cities area, according to the company’s website.
Josh Margolin of ABC News, David Brennan, Emily Shapiro, Jack Moore, Luke Barr and Mike Levine contributed to this report.
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