Vance Boelter57, she is accused of shot the congresswoman Melissa Hortman already her husband on Saturday at her residence in the suburbs of Minneapolisas well as seriously hurting the state senator John Hoffman already your partner.
The double attack has shocked the political class throughout the country, at a time of high voltage by the policies of the Republican president Donald Trump.
Boelter was captured on Sunday night in a rural area more than an hour west of Mineapolis.
“After a two -day search, two sleepless nights, the forces of the order have arrested Vance Boelter”Said the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, at a press conference.
Police reported that the suspect was put in custody Without using strength After the greatest search operation in state history, which included the deployment of 20 teams Swat.
The authorities had offered a reward of up to US $ 50 thousand for any information that allowed to capture it.
The early morning of Saturday, an attacker, supposedly Boelterhe went to the houses of state legislators Hoffman and Hortman. In a photo shared by the authorities, he appears disguised with a police uniform and what seems to be a latex mask, while touching the bell of a house.
“The latest news is that the senator Hoffman He left his last surgery and is advancing towards a recovery, ”said Walz.
The legislator received Nine shots and his partner eight, according to the American senator Amy Klobuchar, who represents Minnesota in the National Congress.
Boelter was accused of two positions of Homicide in second grade and two second -degree homicide attempt charges that imply maximum penalties of up to 40 years, according to a judicial document.
“Political” motivation
The suspect He fled on foot After an exchange of shooting with the police near Hortman’s residence, where he left a vehicle.
Inside, a notebook was found with the names of others legislators and possible objectives.
“I am worried about all our political leaders and political organizations,” said the senator on Sunday Klobuchar.
“It was politically motivated, and there was clearly a link with abortion due to the groups that were on the list,” he added.
Hortman, 55 and mother of two children, was president of the Chamber of Representatives of Minnesota and made the right to abortion his great priority.
“Political differences”
Trump survived an attempt to murder during a campaign rally last July and the authorities frustrated a second attack against him.
THE HOUSE OF THE GOVERNOR OF PennsylvaniaJosh Shapiro, was burned this year.
In 2022, an aggressor with a hammer attacked the husband of the then president of the United States Representatives ChamberNancy Pelosi.
“(This is) a moment in the country in which we see violence sprout,” Walz said after the arrest.
“This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way we handle our political differences,” he added.
In an interview with ABC News on Sunday, Trump condemned attacks against legislators of Minnesotabut took the opportunity to criticize Governor Walz, who was a democratic candidate for the vice presidency in last year’s elections.
Asked about the attacks and if I intended to talk to Walz, he replied: “It’s terrible. I think it’s a very bad governorsomeone completely incompetent. But I could call it, as I could call other people. ”