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Minnesota Lawmaker and Husband Killed, Another Lawmaker and Wife Injured in ‘Politically Motivated Shooting ’ by Police Impersonator
MINNESOTA, JUN 16 – Suspect Vance Boelter targeted Democratic lawmakers and abortion advocates using a police disguise; he maintained a list of about 70 names, authorities said.
- Early Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz called it an `act of targeted political violence` after Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot dead in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
- Vance Boelter, after a 43-hour manhunt, was arrested near Green Isle in Sibley County; authorities describe the incident as involving the shootings of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses in what is viewed as politically motivated violence.
- A proactive decision from an experienced officer to check on the Hortman residence, which Mark Bruley said triggered the largest manhunt in state history.
- After a 43-hour manhunt, Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening and faces state and federal murder and other charges, charging documents show.
- Despite the lack of an alert, Minnesota’s IPAWS system can send Blue Alerts and other notices, yet no statewide emergency alert was issued after the shootings of two state legislators and their spouses.
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Man Indicted for Fatal Shooting of Minnesota State Representatives
A man named Vance Boelter found himself facing federal charges on Tuesday after a grand jury indicted him for the alleged fatal shooting of Minnesota’s well-respected state representative and her husband, as well as inflicting serious harm on a state senator and his wife. This alleged heinous act was committed under the guise of a law enforcement officer. The charges brought forward against Boelter included murder, stalking, and various firearms…
Political violence, threaded through recent history, raises concerns among Nevada electeds - The Nevada Independent
Lawmakers across Nevada condemned the Minnesota attack. In a statement to The Nevada Independent, Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office said that “political violence of any kind is despicable” and called it a “senseless tragedy.”
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(Composite by Hannah Yoest / Photos: GettyImages / Shutterstock)WE’RE IN A DANGEROUS MOMENT. Iran and Israel are at war, with escalating threats of American involvement. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, two state lawmakers and their spouses have been shot, two of them fatally—the latest in a string of attempted or successful political assassinations in this country.These two challenges aren’t unrelated. They’ve converged before. They might do so again.F…
U.S. political violence is landing on the doorstep now, with deadly effect
It appears that Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was the first U.S. state legislator specifically targeted and killed in over 25 years, a partisan attack targeting the members of the opposite political party.
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