MN lawmaker shooting suspect arrest
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Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, Governor Tim Walz said.
Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman's wife shared an update after a shooting injured the couple at their home early Saturday morning. The family also shared a statement after the suspect was taken into custody.
Officers were initially dispatched to the 6500 block of Routt Street regarding a call about a shooting. Police ended up in the backyard of a residence in the 3000 block of Forest Ave. and found the man suffering from “gunshot wounds to his upper body/torso,” a news release from the department said.
Former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday. Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were injured at their
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Amid the horror and senseless violence in the shootings of Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses, there are stories of heroism.
"Hi everyone! I’m looking to get back into the U.S. Food Industry and I'm pretty open to positions," Boelter wrote on LinkedIn last month.
Clayton Tyler Dodson, 25, shot at the deputies when they arrived at the gas station early June 15. After a man shot a Maury County deputy, deputies returned gunfire outside a gas station, fatally shooting him early morning June 15, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
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Lawmakers are still reeling from the shooting that killed one Minnesota state legislator and her husband and severely wounded another and his wife.