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Live updates: Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect to appear in court on murder charges after huge manhunt Almost 200 law enforcement — including members of 20 regional and local SWAT teams — descended on eastern Sibley County to apprehend suspect Vance Boelter.
Brooklyn Park Police Department Chief Mark Bruley, speaking at a news conference alongside other law enforcement authorities following Boelter’s arrest, stated that the search encompassed more than 20 SWAT units. He referred to it as “the largest manhunt in the state’s history.”
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Manhunt continues for Minnesota gunman who allegedly killed former House Speaker Hortman and her husband, and wounded State Sen. Hoffman and his wife.
President Trump said the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers "will not be tolerated" and that the FBI is investigating the attack.
U.S. Capitol Police increased security for Klobuchar and Smith following the attacks, which occurred early Saturday morning. Minnesota's entire congressional delegation, both Republicans and Democrats, released a joint statement condemning the killings.
The suspect, Vance Boelter, was appointed more than once to the Workforce Development Board, where he served with State Senator John A. Hoffman, who was shot on Saturday.
Dozens of Minnesota Democrats were on a target list written by the gunman who allegedly shot and killed a state representative and shot and wounded a state senator in a targeted act of violence early Saturday,
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman was shot in her Brooklyn Park home, while fellow party member Sen. John Hoffman was targeted roughly 8 miles away in Champlin, sources told 5 Eyewitness News. A manhunt is on for the suspect, who was wearing black body armor over a blue shirt and blue pants.