Minnesota Lawmaker Shooting Suspect Captured After Two-Day Manhunt

Vance Boelter, 57, was arrested following a two-day manhunt as the suspect in the assassination of Minnesota Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as the shooting and wounding of Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. The attacks occurred in separate homes in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, with Boelter allegedly impersonating a police officer and using a vehicle altered to look like a police car. Authorities found evidence, including a cowboy hat, near a car believed to be used by Boelter, who was captured a few miles from his home in Green Isle. Senator John Hoffman is undergoing multiple surgeries after sustaining nine gunshot wounds, while Yvette Hoffman was also seriously injured with eight gunshot wounds; both expressed profound grief over the loss of Melissa and Mark Hortman. The case has drawn national attention, with public officials condemning the violence as an expression of political hate. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support the injured senator and his wife.