The man accused of mortally shot a Democratic deputy from Minnesota and her husband was arrested after a large tracking
Vance Boelter. Photo source collage: Ramsey County Sheriff's Office / Zuma Press / Profimedia
The massive search operation of Vance Boelter, the 57 -year -old man suspected of killing a Democratic deputy from Minnesota and her husband, ended on Sunday, the man being arrested, Tim Walz announced.
Boelter is accused of shooting Melissa Hortman, the most important democrat in the room of representatives in Minnesota, and her husband, Mark, in their home. The crime was listed by the governor Tim Walz as a “political motivated assassination”.
Authorities said Boelter also shot and wounded another Democrat, State Senator John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette, at their home, a few kilometers away.
“After a two-day hunting, two sleepless nights, the law enforcement detained Vance Boelter,” Walz told a press conference.
“The unthinkable actions of a single man have changed the Minnesota state,” said the governor.
Walz said that Hoffman, who was shot by nine bullets, came out of the last operation and recovered.
Was given as a policeman
Boelter has links with evangelical ministries and claimed to be an expert in the Security with experience in the Gaza and Africa strip, according to online posts and public recordings examined by Reuters.
Boelter was accused of two charges of criminal offense and two charges of attempted criminal crime, the criminal complaint shows.
Three of these accusations are punished by imprisonment for up to 40 years. Boelter was given as a police officer during the attack, wearing an officer uniform and leading a Ford SUV with police lights, according to the criminal complaint in Hennepin County desecretized on Sunday.
Boelter ran down on Saturday morning, when the police faced him at the Hortman family's home in Brooklyn Park, the authorities said, warned the inhabitants to stay in the house and triggered the largest state-of-the-state hunting.
When the police searched Boelter's SUV after shooting, he discovered three AK-47 assault rifles, a 9 mm gun and a list of other civil servants, including their addresses.
Following an information that Boelter was near his house in Green Isle, over 20 SWAT teams (special weapons and tactics) researched the area, helped by surveillance aircraft, officials said. Boelter was armed, but he was surrendered without firing firearms.
“The suspect was handed over to the law enforcement crews. It was taken into custody without the use of force,” said Lieutenant Jeremy Geiger from the state of Minnesota in Briefing.
Boelter's capture operation, which was based on hundreds of detectives and a wide range of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, was the largest people hunt in Minnesota's history, said the Brooklyn Park police, Mark Bruley.
