Bill Blain, Minnesota (AFP)-The suspected man was detained from the legislator in Minnesota and another wound, putting an end to a huge research for about two days, putting the entire country on the edge of the abyss.
Vans Poilter was arrested on Sunday evening. 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).
“I have changed the unimaginable actions of Minnesota,” state governor Tim Walz said at a press conference.
Potter was arrested in a rural area in Sibli Province, southwest of Minneapolis.
“He was eventually detained in a field,” said Drew Evans, director of the Criminal Fears Office.
He said that the authorities believed that Potter had behaved alone.
Unlimited criminal complaint says on Sunday night that Potter, 57, faces two second -degree murder charges and two charges of attempted second -degree murder in the death of Hortanz and the injury of Hoffman and his wife.
Hoffmanz was first exposed to their home in Champin early on Saturday. After the nearby Brooklyn Park police learned of the shooting, they sent patrol officers to check the Hortanz house.
Brooklyn Park Park arrived in time to see a Poelter shooting Mark Hortmann through the open door of the house, says the complaint. She says they exchanged fire with Poilter, who fled to the house before escaping from the scene.
The complaint indicates that the shooting of Hoffman’s house was called by their adult daughter.
The biggest research on the suspect in the history of the state
Brooklyn Park Police chief said that the search for the suspect had participated in 20 different teams from SWAT.
“There is no doubt that this is the biggest chase in the history of the country,” he said.
Earlier, Drew Evans, director of the Criminal Fears Office, said that the authorities had found a car very early on Sunday who believed that Potter was using it, a few miles from his home on the island of Green, 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.
The authorities are invited as a suspect, saying that he was wearing a mask as a police officer, 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.
Evans said more than 100 law enforcement officers, including SWAT teams, searched the area, including nearby houses.
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.
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 Minnesota state official told the Associated Press adults who were honest in favor of abortion rights who 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.
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.
He wrote in the messages I saw: “I will go for a while,” he wrote in the messages I saw:
Two Democrats target
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. “I got 9 bullet strikes. I took 8 and we are incredibly lucky because we are alive. We were destroyed and destroyed by the loss of Melissa and Mark.”
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.