Vance Luther Boelter has been identified by the authorities as the suspect from the Federal Research Office (FBI) spread the images of this 57 -year -old man and requested citizen collaboration to capture him, with a reward of $ 50,000. The authorities believe that it is still in the Minneapolis area and try to find their whereabouts with a strong police device.
Boelter sent a message to a friend saying that he could soon be dead, according to the local newspaper Star Tribune. “I’m going to be out for a while. I may die soon, so I just want you to know that I love you both and hopefully things would not have come out. I feel much all the problems that this has caused,” he said.
The Democratic Senator by Minnesota Amy Klobuchar said Sunday that the authorities believe that the shooter has not moved away much. “We believe he is somewhere near and that they will find it,” he said in an interview at the NBC. “But right now, everyone is very nervous here, because we know that this man can kill at any time,” he added.
In the attacks, the Democratic former president of the Chamber of Representatives of Minnesota, Melissa Hortman, and her husband, Mark, state senator John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were injured at his home in Champlin, about 15 kilometers away, in which Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, described as acts of political violence.
Boelter is an old public office that worked at the same State Board of Labor Development as Hoffman, although it is not clear to what extent they knew. He was appointed member of that Board by then Governor Mark Dayton in 2016 and then re -elected in 2019 by Tim Walz, for a four -year mandate.
The suspect and his wife have a security company called Praetorian Guard Security Services with the same postal direction of Green isle that appeared for the couple. Boelter’s wife appears as president and CEO, while he appears as director of security patrols.
“Vance Boelter has participated in security situations in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East, including the West Bank, the South of Lebanon and the Gaza Strip”, “it provides great experience in security, forged both by its numerous experiences on the land and for its training in private security companies and in the US army,” he adds.
The company’s website says that it offers armed security for properties and events, and shows a photo of an SUV painted in black and silver, similar to a police vehicle, with a bar of lights on the roof and the word “Praetorian” painted on the doors. Another photo shows a man with black tactical clothes, a military style helmet and a bulletproof vest with the name of the company in the front.
The authorities showed in a press conference a photo of Boelter with a cinnamon cowboy hat taken this Saturday and asked the population to inform if they saw it. The researchers also obtained a video, although they did not want to detail the circumstances or the place where the images had been captured.
On Saturday, the police responded to shooting warnings at the Hoffman’s house shortly after 2.00 in the morning, according to Champlin police, and found the couple with multiple gunshot wounds. After seeing who the victims were, the police sent agents to Hortman’s house. There they met what seemed to be a police vehicle and a man dressed in the door, who left the house.
“When the agents faced him, the individual shot immediately against the agents, who responded to the fire, and the suspect retired inside the house” and then escaped, according to Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley.
The forces of the order recovered several semi -automatic rifles within the suspect’s vehicle, and it is believed that it is still armed with a gun, AP reported. American media indicated that a list of some 70 potential objectives was found in the vehicle, including the two legislators attacked together with other Democratic congressmen, doctors and activists in favor of abortion. The authorities were contacting the people who appeared in the list to put them on notice.
Police also found Donald Trump in the car. These protests were suspended in Minnesota preventively.
The police also found a manifesto, but asked if its content explained the reasons for the attack, the FBI command at the head of the investigation, replied: “At this time it would be premature. There are certainly some indications about it, but there are not enough details. It has been a very active and fluid investigation throughout the day, while you were waiting and the teams worked on the terrain, collecting more documents and information. Therefore, it would therefore be premature At this time what exactly could the motivation of these writings be, but we will continue working on it and provide that information when we can ”.
“Armed and dangerous”
“The suspect is a white man, brown hair, wears black bulletproof vest on a blue shirt and blue pants, and could impersonate the law agent. They do not approach. Call 911 ″, the authorities said in an initial alert, which described the suspect as” armed and dangerous. “The researchers subsequently described it as a man of 1.85 meters of tall, 100 kilos of weight, 100 kilos of weight, 100 kilos. brown eyes.
“We still do not know if there are more people involved, but this individual is the one we are looking for as a suspect at this time, although there may be other people with him, and we would like to talk to anyone who has had contact with him at some point. Please, get in touch with us, even if some time has passed, so that we can continue investigating and continue working together to maintain the security of our communities,” said the superintendent of the Office of Criminal Detention, Drew Evans.
