Suspect in fatal shooting of Minnesota lawmaker captured
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A Cincinnati congressman was among the officials identified by a man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers on June 14.
Vance Boelter, the man suspected of fatally shooting a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband Saturday, attended Christ For The Nations Institute in Dallas,
Democratic Representative Hillary Scholten of Michigan is postponing a previously scheduled town hall, saying her name appeared on an alleged hit list from shooting suspect Vance Boelter. Newsweek reached out to Scholten's office via email on Monday for comment.
What to know about man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, resulting in one couple dying.
Vance and Jenny Boelter own a home in Green Isle, Minn., in Sibley County, which is about an hour’s drive southwest of the Twin Cities. Onamia, where Jenny Boelter was pulled over, is about 125 miles north of the couple’s home.
Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, State Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses were all shot early Saturday in targeted attacks.
Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill were at each other‘s throats. By Saturday, they were joining to decry political violence and seek more security. The middle-of-the-night killing in Minnesota of a top Democratic state lawmaker and the shooting of a colleague—allegedly by a suspect posing as a police officer who had a list of other elected officials—jolted Capitol Hill,
According to the website for his company Praetorian Guard Security Services, Boelter is listed as director of security patrols.