Heavily armed and dressed in tactical armor with a silicone mask hiding his face and a police-style badge, Vance Boelter made a convincing police officer – so much so that a real police officer mistook him for a fellow cop.

Suspect's vehicle found in Sibley County as search intensifies for Vance Luther Boelter, wanted in connection with fatal shooting of Minnesota lawmakers in targeted attack.

Boelter claimed to have a doctorate of education, and said he spent extensive time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa — where he was seen in videos apparently preaching on stage.

Two decades before he was a murder suspect in Minnesota, Vance Luther Boelter was an employee at a Gerber plant in Fort Smith, an easy-to-get-along-with, upbeat boss, a former co-worker said Monday.

Vance Luther Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, was arrested Sunday evening, June 15, in Sibley County on charges stemming from the slaying of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her