Former appointee of Tim Walz sought in deadly shootings of Minnesota lawmaker and her husband – IOTW Report

Former appointee of Tim Walz sought in deadly shootings of Minnesota lawmaker and her husband

NY Post

A former appointee of Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is being sought in connection with the assassination of a state lawmaker and the shooting of another, police sources said.

Vance Luther Boelter allegedly posed as a police officer when he shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in their Champlin home early Saturday, leaving them seriously injured before moving on to former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman’s house, where he is believed to have slaughtered her and her husband, sources told The Post.

The killer is still on the loose despite exchanging gunfire with officers who responded to Hortman’s home and briefly cornered him inside, though he left behind a “manifesto” listing the names of other politicians and a stack of papers stating “No Kings” in reference to the nationwide anti-Trump protests.

Photo of Vance Boelter, person of interest in a shooting.
Vance Luther Boelter is a person of interest in the shooting of two Democratic lawmakers.Jenny Boeltner/Facebook

The attack was clearly a “politically motivated assassination,” according to Walz, but officials were mum on the motives — though it came just five days after Hortman sided with Republican leaders as the lone Democrat to cut access to state health benefits for illegal immigrants in the North Star State.

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