Lawmaker on Minnesota shooting suspect’s list speaks out
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another in what prosecutors have described as a meticulously planned attack, had dozens of apparent targets, including officials in at least three other states.
Joyce Beatty, a Columbus Democrat, and Rep. Greg Landsman, a Cincinnati Democrat, both said in June 16 statements that law enforcement said their names were on materials found belonging to the Minnesota shooting suspect.
Officials say Vance Luther Boelter 'stalked his victims like prey,' Boelter faces multiple state and federal charges.
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Boelter allegedly had firearms and a list of 45 elected officials in notebooks in his car, law enforcement said.
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Prosecutors say the man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another went to the homes of two other lawmakers to carry out more carnage on the night of the shootings.
SUSPECT CAPTURED: Vance Boelter, the suspect in the fatal shootings of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, as well as the woundings of another lawmaker and his wife, has been captured.
Gilbert, the golden retriever trained by murdered Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, had to be put down after the shooting that killed her and husband Mark at their home.
The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion.
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