Bill Blain, Minnesota (AP) – Two law enforcement officials said the man suspected of shooting two legislators in Minnesota, killing one of them, had been detained.
Vans Poilter was arrested on Sunday evening. The arrest was confirmed by the Associated Press by law enforcement officials who were not allowed to discuss the details of the publicly continuous investigation and spoke to AP provided that his identity was not disclosed. Former Speaker of the Democratic Parliament, Melissa Hortmann and her husband, Mark, were killed at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday in the outskirts of the northern Minneapolis. Senator John Hoffman, who is also a democratic, and his wife, Evit, was wounded at their home in Champlin, about 9 miles (about 15 km).
Boelter was arrested in Minnesota, although officials did not immediately say where.
Earlier on Sunday, Drew Evans, director of the Criminal Fears Office, said at a press conference, which is nationally to arrest the suspect.
Evans said that the authorities found a car very early on Sunday that they believed that Powlter was using it, a few miles away from his home in Green Eyle, in the country of the farm about an hour west of Minneapolis. He also said that they found evidence in the car that was related to the investigation, but it did not provide details.
On Sunday evening, American Senator Amy Kloposhar shared a statement from Evit Hoffman, expressing his appreciation to support public support.
“John bears many surgeries at the present time, and he is closer every hour to get out of the forest,” said Evit Hoffman in a text published by Klopuwshar on social media. “He took 9 bullet strikes. I took 8 and we are incredibly lucky because we are alive. We have been exposed and destroyed from the loss of Melissa and Mark. We have no words. There is never a place for this type of political hatred.”
The authorities are called Poilter, 57, as a suspect, saying that he wore a mask as he was shot as a police officer, and he even changing a car to make it look like a police car.
Evens confirmed that the investigators found a cowboy hat near the car and believe it belongs to Boelter. The supervisor also said that the authorities had an interview with Poelter’s wife and other family members regarding the shooting on Saturday. He said they were collaborators and were not in reservation.
The FBI issued a bonus of $ 50,000 for information that leads to his arrest and conviction. They circulated a photo taken on Saturday from Poitre, wearing a cowboy Tan hat and asked the audience to report the viewer.
Evans said more than 100 law enforcement officers, including SWAT teams, were searching in the area, including nearby houses. He also said they had received more than 400 audience advice.
The former research occurred in the rural Cibli province, about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Minneapolis, where a Poelter had a house with his wife and five children. Residents in the area received an emergency alert about the existing car that warned them not to lock their doors and cars.
A crowd of officers gathered on a dirt road near the deserted dark sedan car. Some officers erupted and walked in a wooded area of the road. The car was later pulled.
The shootings come at a time when political leaders are exposed to the country, their harassment and intimidation amid deep political divisions. The legislators said they were annoyed by the attacks with the mourning of the inhabitants of the twin city.
Flower flowers and small American flags were placed on Sunday on the gray gray stone of Mennisota, with a picture of Hortman. People gathered messages on small notes including, “I was our leader with the most difficult times. Rest in power.”
Bam Stein came with flowers and kneeling from the memorial. Stein’s emotional Hurtman described as “absolute power” and “the true hero of the Minnesota government”.
There are no details about the motivation
The authorities have not given details of the motivation yet.
The officials said a list of about 70 names was found in writings that were recovered from the fake police vehicle that left at the crime scene. The writings and list of lawyers in the states and community leaders included, as well as advocates of abortion rights and information about healthcare facilities, according to officials.
Evans explained that while the materials were described on Saturday as a “statement”, the papers were not a political or ideological thesis. He said he was more than a notebook, as legislators and other people were included, with different mixed ideas. He refused to provide details.
A minisota official told the legislators who were honest in favor of abortion rights were listed on the list. The official spoke on the condition that his identity is not disclosed because the investigation is continuing.
The attacks prompted warnings to elected state officials and the abolition of the “No Kings” demonstrations against President Donald Trump, despite the advancement of any case, including one of the tens of thousands to the Capitol building in Saint -Paul. The authorities said that the suspect has “no kings” in his car.
A person familiar with the AP issue said, and it was armed with law enforcement agents many AK firearms from the suspect’s vehicle, and he believed that he was still armed with a pistol. The person could not discuss the details of the investigation publicly and spoke, provided that his identity was not disclosed.
Suspect
Boelter is a former politician who has served in the same state’s workforce development
At approximately six o’clock on Saturday morning, Politre wrote a text message to apologize for his actions, although he did not say what he did.
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Two Democrats target
The police first responded to reports of the shooting at Hoffman’s house, after 2 am on Saturday morning, and the couple with multiple wounds.
Mark Broalli Mark Broalli said on Saturday that the local police from Brooklyn Park were helping the call and decided to verify proactively from Hortman’s house.
There, they faced what appeared to be a police car and a man wearing an officer who leaves the house. The officers faced him, shot them and the officers returned fire. Broley said the suspect then retreated home and fled on foot.
On social media, the governor of the state, Tim and Al -Oz Hortman, remembered on Sunday, “the most speaker in the history of the state.”
Hortmann, 55, has been a better democratic leader in the State Council since 2017. She led the Democrats in a three -week seizure session at the beginning of this year’s session in a power struggle with Republicans. According to the power -sharing agreement, it turned the clothing to Republican Lisa Demouth and took the chair president Emerita.
Hortman was used as a spokesperson for the expanded hero for abortion rights, including legislation to unify the Menisota status as a shelter for patients from restricted countries traveling to the state to request abortion – to protect the service providers who serve them.
The couple had a son of an adult and an adult.
Hoffman, 60, was elected for the first time in 2012 and was head of the Senate Humanitarian Services Committee, which oversees one of the largest parts of the state budget. He and his wife have an adult daughter.
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Karnovsky of Minynabolis reported, and he informed Pliso and Richers from Washington. The Associated Press Michael Bisker in Washington; Jim Mustan in New York; Sofia Terrin contributed to Chicago and Makia Siminira in Rally, North Carolina.