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Democrats on Minnesota 'assassin' Vance Boelter's 'hit-list' after he 'murdered lawmaker and her husband'
Suspected assassin Vance Boelter wanted to take out several A-list Democrats, a chilling hit list seized by police has suggested. Boelter, 57, is accused of shooting dead Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, in their home on Saturday. He is also suspected of shooting and wounding state Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette at their home a few miles away. But the alleged killer seemingly planned to target more liberal lawmakers and abortion providers, according to a list of about 70 names recovered from the crime scene. US Senator Amy Klobuchar and 'squad member' Rep. Ilhan Omar were among the most prominent lawmakers featured on the list, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune and Alpha News reporter Liz Collins. Both women are Democrat members of Congress and are among the most famous females in their party. Congresswoman Kelly Morrison, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and even Jeff Bezos ' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott - whom Boelter listed as an 'author and philanthropist, were also on the list. All four are well known liberal figures. The suspect included doctors that work for Planned Parenthood, as well as several abortion clinics on his list, even noting one that is due to open in Omaha, Nebraska. Boelter, a former public servant and Gov. Tim Walz appointee, was apprehended and taken into Hennepin County custody Sunday night after two days on the run. He is now facing two state murder charges as well as two attempted murder charges, and a federal warrant for 'unlawful flight to avoid prosecution'. Department of Justice officials are also mulling federal charges against Boelter, a source told CNN Monday morning. If convicted on a federal murder or terrorism charge, Boelter could end up being executed. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans, who confirmed investigators found the manifesto during a Sunday night news briefing, said the document 'gives some indications' about Boelter's motives. 'This is not a document that would be like a traditional manifesto that's a treatise on all kinds of ideology and writings,' Evans explained, according to the Star Tribune. He said it was instead 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. It's much more about names,' Evans added. But Boelter, now a Donald Trump supporter, is believed to have targeted Hortman and Hoffman due to their support for abortion rights. The suspect's roommate also revealed Boelter texted him the night before the murders, saying he was 'going to be gone for a while'. Boelter's best friend and roommate David Carlson tearfully read aloud text messages from the accused assassin to KARE 11. 'David and Ron, I love you guys,' the eerie note began. 'I made some choices, and you guys don't know anything about this, but I'm going to be gone for a while.' He also said he 'may be dead shortly' and did not wish to involve Carlson or his other roommate Ron Ramsey. Boelter is scheduled to appear in court Monday at 1:30 p.m. local time, jail records showed. Boelter had been impersonating a police officer when he carried out the shootings on Sunday night. He was wearing an officer's uniform and driving a Ford SUV with police-style lights, a criminal complaint said. He allegedly entered Hoffman and his wife Yvette's home around 2 a.m. by posing as a cop and opened fire. Police were called to the scene of the home by one of their children, after Yvette went down trying to protect her adult daughter Hope. The couple were rushed to the hospital. When Brooklyn Park police then realized Hoffman was a state legislator, they deployed other officers to the Hortman residence out of precaution, according to court documents obtained by The Minnesota Star Tribune. By the time the officers arrived at around 3am, they noticed Boelter's vehicle was already in the driveway, and watched as he fatally struck Mark Hortman, the charging documents claim. Officers encountered Boelter fleeing Hortman's home at 3.35am and exchanged gunfire with him. Chilling photos showed the suspect donning an unsettling costume mask covering his entire head. Yet officers somehow let the suspect slip through their fingers as he escaped the scene on foot. He was allegedly heavily armed at the time. Following the fatal shooting, authorities questioned Boelter's wife, Jenny, who was stopped at a convenience store while driving a car with three other relatives inside near Onamia about 10am on Saturday. She was found with a weapon, ammunition, cash, and passports about 75 miles from where the shootings took place in northern Minneapolis eight hours earlier. More than a dozen officers swarmed Jenny's car during the traffic stop and they were at the scene for two to three hours. Jenny was detained for questioning after officers found the items inside the vehicle, but no one was arrested as she was released. Authorities have since said she and other family members were cooperative with the investigation. But it remains unclear whether her vehicle was stopped randomly or being tracked by police. One day later, officers searched Boelter's SUV after the shootings and discovered three AK-47 assault rifles, a 9-mm handgun, and the list of other public officials including their addresses, the criminal complaint showed. Working on a tip that Boelter was near his home in the city of Green Isle, more than 20 SWAT teams combed the area, aided by surveillance aircraft, officials said. Boelter was armed but surrendered with no shots fired. The Sibley County Sheriff's Office also told Fox News Boelter 'verbally' identified himself to authorities, and Lt. Jeremy Geiger, of the Minnesota State Patrol, said authorities did not have to use any force to detain Boelter. The suspect was then pictured being handcuffed, as the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office wrote that he is 'the face of evil.' Boelter has armed security experience in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and North America through the Praetorian Guard Security Services, his biography on the website detailed. 'He brings a great security aspect forged by both many on the ground experiences combined with training by both private security firms and by people in the US Military,' it read. 'Vance Boelter has focused all this experience to make sure Praetorian Guard Security Services covers the needs you have to keep your family and property safe.' Boelter had also lived a life of public service before Saturday's tragedies, and he even served on the Governor's Workforce Development Board, which works closely with Gov. Tim Walz to give advice on the state's workforce. He served on the board from June 2016 to June 2018 as a private sector representative and from December 2019 to January 2023 as a board member. He was appointed under Walz both times. Authorities went house to house in rural Belle Plaine, Minnesota on Sunday as the search for Boelter continued Additionally, Boelter was the chief executive of Red Lion Group, which was based in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Red Lion Group has since deleted its website and LinkedIn pages, but Boelter's LinkedIn said he started at the company in December 2021. Boelter previously worked for Metro First Call, a funeral company in Minneapolis, in August 2023 to February 2025, where he took bodies from nursing homes to the business to be prepared for burial. He said in a video posted online that he worked with police and death investigators at crime scenes. Boelter updated his LinkedIn a month ago to say he had returned to the US and was looking for work in the food industry on the corporate side. He had previously worked at 7-Eleven and Greencore as a general manager, a system manager at Del Monte Foods, and an operational leader at Johnsonville Sausage, according to his LinkedIn. The social media page also shows his deep connections to politics, as he asked his followers to vote ahead of the 2020 election. Privately, Boelter was an avid Trump supporter and voted for the Republican candidate, Carlson told KARE11 about his roommate. Residents left flowers and American flags in Hortman's memory He also described the suspect as a Christian who opposed abortion. In fact, the suspect worked as a pastor and was seen in a newly unearthed video dancing in a church service in Africa. The clip, filmed in February 2023, showed him delivering a passionate testimony about how he met Jesus at the age of 17. 'I met the Lord when I was 17 years old and I gave my life to Jesus Christ,' he says in the clip. He went on to describe naming his five children - who he shares with Jenny - after Christian virtues, Grace, Faith, Hope, Joy, and David, in what he calls a testament to God's blessings on his life. Still, Carlson said he doesn't 'know why he did what he did.'
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Israel-Iran conflict shows no signs of ending as it enters its fourth day
Speaking to Parliament on Monday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons but has the right to pursue nuclear energy and research, repeating its long-standing official claim. The escalating conflict is looming over President Donald Trump, whose administration had urged Israel to hold off on the attack as it pursued nuclear talks with Iran that have since been called off. 'I hope there's going to be a deal. I think it's time for a deal, and we'll see what happens. But sometimes they have to fight it out,' Trump told reporters Sunday before heading to Canada for a summit of the Group of Seven major economies, where the Israel-Iran conflict will be high on the agenda. The United States has distanced itself from the Israeli military campaign, saying it was carried out unilaterally. But Trump gave Israel tacit approval and provided limited intelligence and other support, multiple current and former U.S. officials told NBC News, though he rejected an Israeli plan to assassinate Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News on Sunday that the U.S. and Israel have been 'fully coordinated' on the attacks, and that American pilots are shooting down Iranian drones and U.S. air defense systems are helping to protect Tel Aviv. The U.S. has warned Iran, which says Israel could not have carried out the attack without U.S. assistance, not to target U.S. personnel or assets in the region. The Israeli attacks have dealt a major blow to Iran's military leadership, as well as its nuclear program. The Israel Defense Forces said it had killed at least nine of Iran's nuclear scientists and experts, and Iran also confirmed the deaths of its two top generals. Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Monday that there had been no additional damage at Iran's crucial Natanz uranium enrichment facility since it was attacked by Israel on Friday, and that the level of off-site radioactivity 'has remained unchanged and at normal levels.' Off-site radiation levels also remain unchanged at the Isfahan nuclear research complex, where four critical buildings were damaged, he said. Grossi said there was no apparent damage at the Fordo uranium enrichment facility, the Bushehr nuclear power plant or the Khondab heavy water reactor, which is under construction. But Israel targeted more than just nuclear facilities. Iran's stockpile of ballistic missiles with warheads, estimated at about 2,000 before the current conflict, is likely to be significantly depleted, an Israeli military official told NBC News. In the early hours of the Israeli offensive, an intelligence-led operation, aided by drones and clandestine agents who had deeply infiltrated Iran, also targeted Tehran's rocket launchers and leadership, according to a Israeli government official briefed on the matter who cannot speak publicly about intelligence. Information about a gathering of Iranian commanders was used to kill key military leaders and disrupt Tehran's command and control structure, the official said, echoing Israel's strategy behind the exploding pagers that in September killed or wounded much of the top leadership of the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Despite the tactical success of the first few days, the 'job is not done,' an Israeli military official said. 'Iran was worked for decades to disperse their nuclear program, to put it underground, to put it in different sites to try and hide it,' the official said.
