After a two-day manhunt, the man wanted for the murder of a Minnesota congresswoman Melissa Horetman her husband Mark, and the injury of Senator Hoffman and his wife, is in the hands of US authorities.
The search for Vans Boelter lasted about 43 hours and involved “hundreds of detectives” and 20 different special forces teams, using infrared, drones and helicopters. He was eventually located near his farm in Green Isle, Minnesota.
Vance Boelter was charged with two counts of murder in the second-degree and two counts of attempted murder in the second-degree, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune following his arrest Sunday (June 15) night.
Boelter, 57, was found in the woods after authorities set up a “large-scale perimeter” and deployed SWAT teams in rural Sibley County.
The suspect had previously left behind “at least three AK-47 assault rifles” and a handgun in a “Ford SUV with police-style lights,” which also contained “a list of names and addresses of other public officials,” when he fled Hortman’s house early Saturday morning. Boelter, who was wearing a mask and a “police-style badge,” reportedly identified himself as a police officer before at Hoffman’s front door early Saturday morning,
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