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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsABC: Officials tell the AP they are searching for a 57-year-old man in shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers
Two people familiar with the matter identified the suspect being sought as 57-year-old Vance Boelter. The people could not publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/midwest/officials-tell-the-ap-they-are-searching-for-a-57-year-old-man-in-shooting-2-minnesota-lawmakers/

Walleye
(41,468 posts)NEOBuckeye
(2,889 posts)Fucking Trump sycophant. The whole lot of them need to be in prison.
Ritabert
(1,382 posts)Then her lips are sealed.
Johonny
(24,199 posts)These shooters never turn out to he white males, right?
D. Spaulding
(320 posts)underpants
(191,552 posts)Freddie
(9,915 posts)A very well-educated RWNJ.
womanofthehills
(10,024 posts)🚨BREAKING: Karol Markowicz: Minnesota Gunman is 57-year-old Vance Boelter.
Boelter, appointed to the Governors Workforce Development Board in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz, was named to the Governor's Workforce Development Council in 2016 by then-Gov. Mark Dayton.
Link to tweet
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Baitball Blogger
(50,502 posts)Scrivener7
(56,503 posts)allegorical oracle
(5,389 posts)The Praetorian Guard (Latin: cohortes praetoriae) was the imperial guard of the Imperial Roman army that served various roles for the Roman emperor including being a bodyguard unit, counterintelligence, crowd control and gathering military intelligence.
So does this individual swing left or right?
Dulcinea
(8,775 posts)Peace and condolences to the families & loved ones of Melissa & Mark Hortman.
nitpicked
(1,309 posts)US Marshals join manhunt for suspect
published at 14:07
14:07
Breaking
A law enforcement source has told the BBC's US partner, CBS, that the US Marshals have joined in the manhunt for the Minnesota shooting suspect.
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Ping Tung
(3,074 posts)CNN further reported that the names also included abortion providers and pro-abortion rights advocates. A law enforcement official told the network that authorities also discovered a Fathers Day card addressed to the suspect inside a bag filled with ammunition.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-vance-boelter-man-linked-to-minnesota-lawmakers-john-hoffman-and-melissa-hortmans-shootings-101749920197838.html
nitpicked
(1,309 posts)Law enforcement name person of interest - CBS
published at 14:30
14:30
Breaking
A law enforcement source has identified a person of interest in the Minnesota shooting to the BBC's US partner CBS.
According to CBS and other US media, investigators are looking for Vance Luther Boelter, a man in his 50s who is from Minnesota.
Police found a list of more than 50 possible targets in his vehicle, CBS reports, including officials in Minnesota and beyond, along with abortion rights activists. According to CBS, there were also fliers for the anti-Trump No Kings protests planned for cities across the country today.
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Ping Tung
(3,074 posts)ForgedCrank
(2,769 posts)also going around stealing "No Kings" flyers too? If they have info, they should be sharing it with the public so he has nowhere to run or hide. I really hope they catch this guy fast. I am very worried that he will also target the protests or others.
The worst part of trying to understand crazy people is that normal people can't comprehend how they think, so no matter what, it never makes sense in the end.
allegorical oracle
(5,389 posts)Green Isle, MN.
sinkingfeeling
(55,948 posts)allegorical oracle
(5,389 posts)overestimates -- and overstates-- his credentials. We have one of them occupying the WH.
muriel_volestrangler
(104,161 posts)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89ev9j955ko
Yep, exaggeration.