Authorities have now identified the suspect in the fatal shootings of Minnesota lawmakers.
Vance Luther Boelter, who Governor Tim Walz previously appointed to serve a four-year term on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board, has been identified as the shooter in the fatal shooting of Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.
He is also the suspect in the shooting of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
The New York Post had the full details:
A former appointee of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is being sought in connection with the assassination of a state lawmaker and the shooting of another, police sources said.
ADVERTISEMENTVance Luther Boelter allegedly posed as a police officer when he shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in their Champlin home early Saturday, leaving them seriously injured before moving on to former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman’s house — where he is believed to have slaughtered her and her husband, sources told The Post.
Boelter, 57, was appointed by Walz in 2019 to serve a four-year stint on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board, documents show.
He previously served on the Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016 under then-Gov. Mark Dayton.
Suspect in the Minnesota attack is reportedly Vance Luther Boelter.
He was appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz.
Boelter had ‘NO KINGS’ flyers in his car.
Walz needs to resign. pic.twitter.com/4T6Xs9zevT
— Paul A. Szypula
(@Bubblebathgirl) June 14, 2025
Listen to the FEAR in Rep Hortman voice after she voted to Repeal Healthcare for Illegal Aliens
The Democrat party has sent a Message to others in their Party … Vote the LINE or perish
She sounded like she knew her LIFE was in DANGER
Did Vance Luther Boelter… pic.twitter.com/iaQC3xpYFW
— Culture War Report (@CultureWar2020) June 14, 2025
The IBTimes provided this background of the suspect:
Boelter’s political history includes an appointment in 2019 to a four-year term on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board under Governor Walz, and a previous role on the same council during the Dayton administration. The suspect is described as a white male with brown hair, last seen wearing black body armour over a blue shirt and blue trousers.
He was driving a vehicle nearly indistinguishable from a legitimate police cruiser and had equipped himself with law enforcement paraphernalia, including a badge, a vest, and a Taser, allowing him to pass as an officer.
Inside the suspect’s vehicle, investigators discovered flyers bearing the phrase ‘No Kings’—a reference to anti-Trump rallies scheduled to coincide with Donald Trump’s birthday parade—alongside a manifesto and a list of targeted political figures, including both Hoffman and Hortman. These findings, confirmed during a Saturday morning press conference by Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley, suggest the attacks were meticulously planned.
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