Minnesota ‘assassin' found with ‘hit-list' of 70 names & addresses including Squad member Ilhan Omar and Jeff Bezos' ex'
THE man accused of fatally shooting a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband allegedly had a hit list with 70 names after being caught by police.
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Vance Boelter, 57, has been charged with killing a Minnesota representative and her husband in a shooting
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Investigators found several weapons and a manifesto in a fake police vehicle that Boelter allegedly used in the shootings that also injured a senator and his wife
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Listed in the manifesto as a possible target was MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos
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US Representative Ilhan Omar, a member of 'the squad,' was also listed
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Melissa Hortman with her husband, Mark, were killed in the shooting
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During the search for
the suspect
, investigators found a fake police vehicle that Boelter allegedly used to pose as a
police
officer to carry out the shootings.
Inside the car, police found a cache of weapons, including at least three AK-47 assault rifles and a manifesto with the names and addresses of other public officials.
There were about 70 names in the manifesto, some of which were abortion rights advocates, said
law
enforcement officials.
Boelter was arrested near his home in Green Isle on Sunday night after a brief manhunt.
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MINNESOTA SHOOTING
He has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder, according to Hennepin County
court
records.
LIST OF DEATH
Named on the list were Senator
Others include Congresswoman Kelly Morrison, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, and Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott.
Some doctors who worked for Planned Parenthood were on the list, as well as several abortion clinics, including one that is scheduled to open in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Former congressman Dean Phillips claimed in an X post that he was on the list as well,
law
enforcement professionals," after Boelter's arrest.
"Now, we must take
steps
to prevent political violence before it's too late."
Vance Boelter's car found as cops continue to hunt for 'fake cop' suspect who 'shot dead Melissa Hortman' in Minnesota
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans confirmed that investigators found the manifesto in a press briefing, saying the documents "gives some indications" on a possible motive.
"This is not a document that would be like a traditional manifesto that's a treatise on all kinds of ideology and writings, Evans said.
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He called it a notebook "with a lot of lawmakers and others ... as opposed to a succinct document."
"I don't want the public to have the impression that there's this long manifesto that's providing all of this information and details and then associated with names," he added. "It's much more about names."
NIGHT OF TERROR
Boelter was named as a suspect
on June 14 after
of Hortman
and Hoffman.
Hortman and her husband, Mark, were pronounced dead at their Brooklyn Park home.
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Timeline of Minnesota's shooting
Vance Boelter has been arrested for the targeted shootings of Minnesota lawmakers Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman.
Below is a timeline of events:
Saturday, June 14
2 am - Cops receive a phone call about a shooting at Hoffman's house. Cops call nearby officers to proactively check Hortman's home because it's close by in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
3:35 am - Police arrive at Hortman's home and find a car that looks like a cop car in her driveway. Officers see the suspect, dressed as a cop and wearing a latex mask, leaving the Hortman's house. Cops exchange gunfire with the suspect, who runs back into the home and leaves out the back door on foot.
7:11 am — A shelter-in-place warning is issued for three miles around Brooklyn Park.
7:35 am - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz posts on social media that he's been briefed on the shootings.
9:30 am - Walz and cops give the first news conference on the shootings and confirm the Hormans' deaths. Minnesotans are asked not to attend rallies taking place across the state.
3 pm - Law enforcement officers identify Boelter as the suspect and release multiple pictures of him wearing a mask and dressed like a cop.
3:20 pm - Police lift shelter-in-place in Brooklyn Park.
4:45 pm - The FBI offers a $50,000 reward for information leading to Boelter's arrest and conviction.
Sunday, June 15
10:50 am - Boelter's car is found near Minnesota Highway 25 and 301st Avenue in Sibley County. Residents in the area are asked to lock their doors and stay in place.
9:30 pm - Boelter is arrested in the woods near his home in Green Isle, Sibley County.
The couple's dog, Gilbert, was severely injured in the attack and had to be euthanized.
"Her children had to put him down after learning their parents had been murdered," former Minnesota House member Erin Koegel said on X of Hortman's children.
"Gilbert wasn't going to survive.
Hoffman and his wife Yvette had surgery after suffering multiple gunshot wounds at their residence in Champlin, about nine miles away from the Hortmans.
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Officials said they are "cautiously optimistic" that the pair will survive what Governor
The Hoffmans' nephew revealed that the couple had been
He shared in a Facebook post how his aunt Yvette had
Boelter is scheduled to appear in
court
on Monday for the charges against him and a federal warrant for "unlawful flight to avoid prosecution."
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His other charges will soon be upgraded as the state "intends to pursue first-degree murder charges against Boelter," said Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty at a
news
conference.
The Department of Justice is also deciding to throw federal charges against Boelter, which, if convicted, could result in the death penalty.
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Investigators say Boelter wore this realistic mask while posing as a police officer during the shootings
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Boelter was arrested on Sunday night and has been charged with the murders
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar was also listed in the manifesto, along with several abortion doctors
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was mentioned on the list
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