Minnesota assassination suspect Vance Boelter reportedly in custody
Police identified the suspect in the Minnesota shootings as Vance Boelter, 57.
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Supplied / FBI
Vance Boelter, the suspect in the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota lawmakers, is reportedly in custody.
Boelter is accused of the targeted shootings that killed Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and injured Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife early Saturday morning local time.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said the shootings appeared to be "politically motivated".
Boelter, 57, worked for a security company - Praetorian Guard Security - according to a law enforcement official.
The company website said Boelter served as the director of security patrols and had training by people in the US military.
Police conducted a massive manhunt in Minnesota for the gunman who killed a Democratic state politician while posing as a police officer.
The suspect fled on foot, when officers confronted him at Brooklyn Park home of Hortman and husband Mark. The gunman earlier had shot and wounded Hoffman and wife Yvette at their home a few miles away, authorities said.
Minnesota US Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, said on NBC's "Meet the Press with Kristen Welker" on Sunday morning that investigators believed Boelter was still in the region.
Authorities in Sibley County, about an hour by car southwest of Minneapolis, issued an alert on Sunday, saying they had found the suspect's car in Faxon Township and instructing residents to keep their doors and cars locked, the county sheriff's office confirmed.
Officers searched residences in the area.
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