Suspicious murder of Minnesota Vance Boelter in the race; I had dozens of democrats on the list, the sources say

The authorities identified Vance Luther Boelter, 57, as the alleged armed man allegedly wanted to shoot and kill a state representative and shoot and hurt a state senator in an act of objective violence.

The authorities said they are still investigating whether Boelter knew the victims in Saturday’s shootings: state representative Melissa Hortman and state senator John Hoffman. But Boelter served at a state board with Hoffman.

It is believed that the third photo in this desired poster shows the suspect in one of the houses of the legislators at dawn on Saturday. The authorities said the suspect was going through a police officer. Police believe that when the shooter opened fire, he wore a latex mask that seemed realistic, the sources said.

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.

Boelter’s biography on that site said he has been “involved with security situations in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East, including the West Bank, the South of Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.”

“It brings a great safety aspect forged by many experiences in the field combined with the training of both private security companies and people in the US army,” said the biography, adding that all this experience is “focused” to ensure that the Praetorian guard “meets the needs that his family and safe properties must keep.”

The security firm site says that “they only offer armed security” and that they use “the same brand and vehicle model that many police departments use in the United States”

Boelter’s role as a local businessman seemed to help generate incursions into state policy. In 2016, Boelter was appointed for the Development Board of the Labor Force of the Governor of Minnesota, which has the task of analyzing and recommending the policy to the governor and the legislature on the workforce and resources. Boelter’s appointment as representative of the private sector of then Gov. Mark Dayton arrived due to the “special confidence and trust” he had won in his “integrity, judgment and ability”, according to his official notice of appointment. Boelter was re -elected in 2019 by Walz.

Boelter seemed to be interested in the electoral results, publishing on LinkedIn six years ago, urging “everyone to vote in the elections on Tuesday.”

Police published this photo of Boelter taken on Saturday.

Doctors of Minnesota Democrats were on a list of objectives written by the gunman, according to sources of application of the law.

Those in the list included Governor Tim Walz, the American representative Ilhan Omar, the American senator Tina Smith and the state attorney general Keith Ellison, according to sources of application of the law familiar with the matter.

Police said the list, which was recovered from the suspect vehicle, also called Hortman and Hoffman. Both victims are Democrats and Hortman was previously the president of the Chamber of Representatives of Minnesota.

The list of potential objectives of the shooter also included the names of suppliers of abortions and pro-election activists, several sources told ABC News. Many of the Democratic legislators on the list have been Franco on property positions, two sources said.

Security resources have been sent to protect the people named on the list, authorities said. Capitol Police said he is “working with our federal, state and local partners.”

The shootings began around 2 in the morning on Saturday, when Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, received several shots at their home in Champlin, Minnesota, authorities said.

“We are cautiously optimistic that they will survive this murder attempt,” Walz said at a press conference.

After Hoffman was shot, the officers went to proactively verify Hortman, who lived in the nearby city of Brooklyn Park, police said.

Around 3:35 am, the officers found the suspect, dressed as a police officer, leaving Hortman’s house, police said.

The suspect shot the officers; Shots were exchanged and the suspect could escape and flee on foot, authorities said.

Hortman and her husband, Mark, were found fatally at home, police said.

The suspect’s vehicle, which looked like a police vehicle, including police lights, was on the entrance road of Hortman, the authorities said, and the list of potential objectives was found inside the car.

Walz said in a statement: “We are not a country that resolves our differences to gunpoint. We have demonstrated again and again in our state that it is possible to disagree peacefully, that our State is strengthened with the civil public debate. We must be united against all forms of violence.”

“We will not save any appeal to take those responsible to justice,” he added.

Sasha Pezenik of Abc News, Jenny Wagnon Courts, Chris Looft, Josh Margolin, Luke Barr, Mike Levine and Katherine Faulders contributed to this report.