By. Scott Jackson
06/14/2025
Minnesota Representative and Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband were both killed in their homes early this morning in what seems to be a targeted political killing. Also shot in their home was Senator John Hoffman (D) and his wife, although fkr now they both remain in critical condition and are recovering from a life saving surgery.
Police are searching for a suspect they have identified as Vance Luther Boelter, 57. Boelter was appointed by Gov. Walz to the bipartisan workforce development board in 2019. His term expired in 2023. Police say the gunman who they believe to be Boelter was dressed as a police officer when he assassinated and attacked his victims.
Here is a rough timeline of the events.
At around 2am on June 14, rhe police were dispatched to Minnesota Sen. Hoffman and his wife’s house where both had been shot.
At around 3:45am police proactively” went to the home of Rep. Hortman, authorities say. It was there that they encountered the suspect, who was dressed up as an officer with a fake police vehicle. The suspect and officers exchanged gunfire but the suspect fled.
“When our officers confronted him, the individual immediately fired upon the officers who exchanged gun fire,”Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley said during a press conference on Saturday he also noted that the suspects car looked exactly like one of their squads SUV’s.
The shooter escaped by running out the back of the house.
At 5:30am a shelter in place order was given for a 3-mile radius around the Edinburgh Golf Course.
At 9:45 it was announced by Governor Tim Waltz that that Hortman and her husband had died after being shot. He also said they’re “cautiously optimistic” about Hoffman and his wife’s recovery.
Later around 11 the governor urged people not to attend planned “No king” rally’s as they believed the suspect would attempt to target protesters at these events. A manifesto was found which named other democrat lawmakers and Governor Waltz as well as well as abortion rights activist and abortion clinics, according to CBS news.
Currently local and state police as well as the FBI are investigating and carrying out a state wide manhunt for Bolster.
The suspect here. Vance Boelter. I’ve yet to be able to find anything about him but I’ve got people digging. I’ve seen people already trying to paint him as a Democrat which I honestly very much doubt, given his anti- abortion views and who he targeted.
So beware of people trying to pin this guy down without solid proof. The facts to me seem as of right now have me thinking he was Republican.
That being said I’m more interested in seeing him caught and brought to Justice.
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