The suspect in the assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband has been captured. Vance Boelter was arrested near his home in Green Isle, Minnesota, on Sunday night.
From Fox News:
Boelter, 57, was captured in Sibley County after a two-day manhunt. He allegedly killed Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, early Saturday morning at their Brooklyn Park home in Minneapolis before allegedly shooting State Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, in their nearby Champlin home in a related attack.
The Sibley County Sheriff's Office told Fox News that Boelter 'verbally' identified himself to authorities searching for him in the area on Sunday evening.
What's more, look at this:
So the charges imply that this wasn't premeditated...
The complaint charges Boelter with two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Victims 1 and 2 — identified as Melissa and Mark Hortman — and two counts of attempted second-degree murder for the shootings of Victims 3 and 4 — identified as John Hoffman and Yvette Hoffman. All charges are felonies, and each carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, with a mandatory minimum of three years due to the use of a firearm.
He allegedly dressed in a police uniform and a mask to do the job.
From CNN:
The man accused of shooting Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota on Saturday while impersonating a police officer worked for a security company that advertised a fleet of 'police type vehicles,' and other equipment that could potentially have aided him in appearing to be law enforcement.
Very interesting that he's only getting second-degree murder charges...
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