The suspect, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, allegedly disguised himself as a police officer, then shot and killed Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark at their home early Saturday.
She thanked law enforcement personnel who mounted the largest manhunt in state history before apprehending him without using force late Sunday. “People were understandably terrified over the last couple days,“ she said.
Boelter was taken into custody in a rural area about an hour southwest of the Minneapolis suburbs where the killings occurred, police and state officials said.
He was being held at Hennepin County jail and was scheduled to appear in court at 1:30 pm (1830 GMT) on Monday, jail records showed.
‘Politically motivated’
The attacks renewed fears of growing political violence in America.
“It was politically motivated, and there clearly was some throughline with abortion because of the groups that were on the list, and other things that I’ve heard were in this manifesto. So that was one of his motivations.”
‘Cannot be the norm’
Trump himself survived an assassination attempt last year, with a second attempt foiled by law enforcement.
An assailant with a hammer attacked the husband of then-US House speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2022.
“This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way that we deal with our political differences.”
Trump has condemned the attacks in Minnesota on the lawmakers and their spouses.
“Well, it’s a terrible thing. I think he’s a terrible governor. I think he’s a grossly incompetent person,“ Trump said.
“But I may, I may call him, I may call other people too.”
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