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The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, two law enforcement officials said.
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,
The police quickly identified the suspect as Vance Luther Boelter, a 6-foot-1-inch-tall, 220-pound Caucasian man from Green Isle, Minnesota. Boelter was a well-known figure in conservative circles and had gone to meetings of the state Workforce Development Board that Tim Walton and Mark Dayton, the two governors who held that post, had set up.
A massive law enforcement operation is ongoing as authorities search for Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old man suspected of the politically-motivated killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband,
Minnesota House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot in their Brooklyn Park home, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife survived the assassin’s attack at their home in Champlin,
Manhunt for suspected Minnesota shooter uncovers his car as roommate details his movements the night before attack: Latest - Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally