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.

Vance Boelter, the suspect wanted for fatally shooting a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband has reportedly been identified, according to the Associated Press.

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.

A cryptic message sent to roommates is just one of many unanswered questions surrounding the suspect who remains at large.

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.

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