Authorities in Minnesota have launched a manhunt for Vance Luther Boelter, a 57-year-old former state official, who is being sought in connection with the fatal shooting of former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Boelter, who previously served on the Governor's Workforce Development Board under Governor Tim Walz, is accused of impersonating a police officer to carry out two targeted attacks on state legislators in the early hours of Saturday.
According to The New York Post, Boelter first entered the Champlin home of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at around 2 a.m., shooting them both multiple times and leaving them critically injured. Just over an hour later, the suspect proceeded to the Brooklyn Park residence of Melissa Hortman, where he fatally shot both her and her husband. Officers arrived on the scene shortly after the shooting and engaged the suspect in a brief gunfight, but he managed to flee.
