A man suspected of shooting 2 legislators in Minnesota is still in the year

A huge chase entered a second day on Sunday in Minnesota, for the suspect, who killed a democratic legislator while he was playing a police officer – a crime described by the ruler Tim and Alzal as a “assassination of political motives.”

The suspect, who was recognized by the police as Vans Luther Powlter, 57, fled when the officers at Brooklyn Park in Melissa Hortmann, former head of Minnesota.

The authorities said that the gunman had shot earlier and injured another Democrat, Senator John Hoffman, and his wife Evit at their home, a few kilometers away.

The American Senator at Minnesota Emmy Klopuwshar, a democrat, said on Sunday morning that the authorities believed that the suspect is still in the Middle West, adding that a warning had been placed in the neighboring southern Dakota.

“It is clear that this is political motives,” she said, noting that the entire congress delegation – Republicans and Democrats – issued a joint statement condemning the shooting.

Officials said that the suspect left behind a car outside the Hortman house on the outskirts of Minneapolis, which resembles the SUV, including the flashing lights, and included a “statement” and a targeted list of politicians and other institutions.

The authorities publicly did not define a specific motivation from Saturday evening.

Boelter has links to the evangelical ministries and claimed to be a security expert with experience in Gaza Strip and Africa, according to what I said. Online publications And public records reviewed by Reuters.

“It was clear that there is some through abortion, because of the groups that were listed on the list and other things I heard were in this statement. It was one of his motives,” Kloposhr said.

Boelter was appointed in 2016 by Walz ancestor in the State Advisory Council, where he served alongside Hoffman, according to state records. The authorities said they are not yet sure whether the two had any meaningful reactions.

“There is certainly some overlap with some public meetings. I will say, with Senator Hoffman and the individual,” the Minnesota office for criminal fear. Drew Evans told reporters on Saturday.

“But we do not know the nature of the relationship or if they really know each other.”

The killing was the latest in a series of prominent episodes of political violence, including the attack on former US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in 2022, an assassination attempt from Donald Trump During the presidential campaign last year, a deliberate attack in the home of the governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro in April.

The reaction of Republican and Democratic politicians across the country was shocked and terrified and made calls to calm the hot political discourse increasingly.

Klopochar said she had seen Hortmann and Hoffman at a political dinner on Friday, just hours before they shot them.

“We started together in politics, mothers with young children, in some way, she managed to balance each other’s identification, and hit every home in her area, while raising two children – the leader of the scout, she studied Sunday School,” she said about Hortmann, 55.

Kloposhar said that Hoffmanz was “hanging there” after undergoing multiple fire injuries.

The gunman was launched as an officer

The attacks began at about two in the morning at East on Saturday, when the authorities said that the gunman opened Hoffmans at their house in Champlin, before driving his car several kilometers to Hortman’s house in Brooklyn Park.

Police went to Hortman’s home proactively at the request of the sergeant who responded to the Hoffman’s attack, which is concerned that other politicians may be in danger. The gunman immediately fired the two officers when they arrived, and when they returned the fire, he ran.

The FBI released photo From the suspect wears a rubber mask and a look like a police.

David Carlson, 59, told Reuters that he had participated in Minneapolis with Powlter for more than a year and watched him at the end of Friday night. He said he received a disturbing text from Boelter at about 6 am on Saturday.

“He said he had died soon,” said Carlson, who called the police.

Police said they found the bulletins with “no kings” printed in the suspect’s car, referring to thousands of “No Kings” protests in the country Saturday against the Trump administration, but there were no direct links between him and the movement.

“This terrible violence will not be tolerated in the United States of America,” Trump said in a statement.

Trump faced criticism from some opponents for using inflammatory discourse sometimes when he talks about his political competitors.

In one of his first movements in his post earlier this year, Trump has recovered to almost everyone criminal to participate in January 6, 2021, the Capitol attack.