Vace Boelter, the man suspected of the Minnesota attacks, has been arrested in which Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed and another senator, John Hoffman, and his wife were wounded , the New York Times reports, citing authorities.
The manhunt lasted two days. Yesterday, Boelter's car was found abandoned in Sibley County, more than 50 miles from where he opened fire.
The man reportedly surrendered voluntarily, crawling toward officers after being located in a wooded area near his home . He has been formally charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
Before taking action, Vance Boelter had written to his roommates: "I love you, I didn't want it to end like this. I could die soon." He lived in a rented room and on Friday he had paid four months in advance. He had told David Carlson, one of the tenants, that he needed rest. However, nothing suggested a crazy gesture like the one he then carried out despite recently having been struggling with economic and psychological difficulties.
The poster found in the shooter's car contained 70 names of politicians, including every Democrat in Minnesota's Congress, as well as the names of Planned Parenthood abortion clinic operators . Investigators are investigating whether the shooter planned further violence.
Boelter, an evangelical Christian who strongly opposes abortion, and with his wife, ran a private security company, Praetorian Guard Security Services. He was recently working six days a week at two funeral homes to “make ends meet,” he said in a video posted online. He was doing the work after taking an online course in mortuary science in 2023 and 2024, in addition to his doctorate in leadership, master’s in management science and bachelor’s in international relations. Before his security company with his wife, he ran a 7-Eleven in Minneapolis and was also the manager of a gas station in St. Paul. Most recently, he described himself on LinkedIn as the CEO of Red Lion Group, a company in the Democratic Republic of Congo that is working to create jobs for local people.
