2 Minnesota Lawmakers Shot By Suspect Impersonating Police
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By Nathan Layne and Tom Polansek MINNEAPOLIS, (Reuters) -Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said a 57-year-old suspect was arrested on Sunday in the killing of a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer.
The shootings of state lawmakers is likely to spur debate on Minnesota laws governing impersonation, equipment purchases
Organizers of the protests said that all of the planned events in the state were canceled after a recommendation from Gov. Tim Walz.
Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, Governor Tim Walz said.
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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.
A manhunt is underway in Minnesota after Senator John Hoffman and Representative Melissa Hortman, along with their spouses, were shot in targeted attacks. The suspect, impersonating a police officer,
A motorist who struck and hurt three officers during a traffic stop late Thursday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, is now in custody, police say.