Vance Boelter arrested after a two-day manhunt in the US state.The suspect in the assassination of one lawmaker and the attempted assassination of another in Minnesota, the United States has been captured.
Vance Boelter, 57, was arrested on Sunday following a two-day manhunt in the Midwestern state, law enforcement officials said.
“The face of evil. After relentless and determined police work, the killer is now in custody,” the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post accompanied by a photo of Boelter being taken into custody.
“Thanks to the dedication of multiple agencies working together along with support from the community, justice is one step closer.”
Boelter is alleged to have shot two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses in a politically motivated attack on Saturday morning.
Melissa Hortman, a state representative, and her husband, Mark, were killed in the attack, while state Senator John A Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were injured.
Boelter, a security contractor who served on the same workforce development board as Hoffman, faces two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Sunday night. Advertisement
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz hailed law enforcement officers for bringing Boelterinto custody.
“You ran towards the danger and you served the state of Minnesota,” Walz told a news conference.
Walz paid tribute to Hortman, describing her as “the core of who our values were.”
“She had a hand in so many things that happened …
