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Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was apprehended after a two-day manhunt following the deaths of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the attempted killings of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife.

Police and federal agents swarmed the Minnesota farm community after discovering a car and a hat belonging to suspected assassin Vance Boelter — ordering residents to stay indoors and lock their

Authorities continue to search extensively within Minnesota while acknowledging that the suspect, Vance Boelter, may have crossed over into another state.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar remembered Minnesota Democrat Rep. Melissa Hortman as a "true public servant" who was "loved by Democrats and Republicans." The massive manhunt for the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter,