They Got Him! Vance Boelter Now in Custody

Vance Boelter is the suspect in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. He is in custody Sunday evening, according to The Associated Press.

Murder charges have been filed against Vance Boelter in the suspected assassination of State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, with the 57-year-old also charged with the attempted murder of Sen. John Hoffman and wife Yvette.

Boelter is in custody at Hennepin County Jail after he was arrested in a farm field near to his home in Green Isle, Sibley County, on Sunday evening.

The criminal complaint against Boelter was unsealed after his apprehension. He stands charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

The criminal complaint against Boelter was unsealed after his apprehension. He stands charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

The criminal complaint alleges much of what has already been released publicly during the weekend manhunt, detailing the shooting of the Hoffmans at their home in Champlin at around 2:05 a.m., with the couple’s daughter calling 911 to report that a “masked person had come to their door and then shot their parents.”

Video surveillance from their home showed a “Ford SUV with police-style lights parked in the driveway of the residence,” with Boelter allegedly wearing a mask, a blue shirt, a “police-style tactical vest with a badge and yellow-gripped gun,” and holding a flashlight as he approached the door.

The Hoffmans were shot 8-9 times each, but are now recovering at a hospital after surgery.
>Brooklyn Park Police Department was informed of the shooting at the Hoffmans a short time later and “proactively” sent officers to the Hortmans’ home at 8710 Windsor Terrace, near Edinburgh Golf Course.

When they arrived at around 3:35 a.m., they saw the Ford SUV outside and “immediately” saw Boelter – still dressed as a police officer – shoot Mark Hortman through the open door of the home.

Officers exchanged fire with Boelter, who fled inside the home, running out the back door, before escaping. Officers then found the Hortmans inside suffering gunshot wounds. Melissa Hortman, 55, was pronounced dead at the scene, with Mark Hortman, 57, dying a short time later at North Memorial Hospital.

Yvette Hoffman shielded her daughter from the bullets. She jumped in front of her.

Original Story

The suspect in the murders of a lawmaker and her husband and attempted murders of another lawmaker and his wife is still evading police. Suspect Vance Boelter’s hat and car have been found.

What We Know So Far

The suspect in the cold-blooded murder of the Hortmans and attempted murders of the Hoffmans can be seen in the video below. It’s some kind of video resume. It’s insane.

Allegedly, he’s a Republican, or was in 2004, but his ties are to Democrats. We need more information before we say he’s a far-right lunatic. However, police say the attack was politically motivated so it will matter. His roommate said he’s a Republican but hadn’t talked about politics in a while. [Boelter had been living in the small rental for a year. He owns a large home where his wife leaves]. He served on the Walz board with a radical left Democrat.

The police won’t release the manifesto, but they said he had a hit list of 70 people. He appears to be anti-abortion. The lawmakers he attacked were pro-abortion.

His wife was recently detained by police. She had three other relatives in the car with her along with $50,000 in cash, a gun, ammo, and passports. She is President of a security firm which might account for it. Perhaps she wanted to leave town until he is caught.

He was the CEO of Red Lion Group, an NGO that ran out of money.

Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said Sunday that law enforcement officials are still trying to locate and arrest Boelter on federal and local warrants.

“There is information that led us to do the searches…in Sibley County,” Evans said, adding later that Boelter’s vehicle and a hat that appeared to belong to the suspect were located in that area. He encouraged anyone around the Sibley County area who sees anything suspicious to contact police.

Boelter is reportedly the CEO of Red Lion Group, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Praetorian Guard Security Services, according to Minnesota Africans United’s website.

“I have been doing projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa for the last three years with the Red Lion Group,” Boelter wrote on his LinkedIn page last month, noting that he is currently open to work.

He looks like your typical clinical narcissist. Data Republican’s write up:

You aren’t going to like this post, but it needs to be said about Vance Bolter.

At first, I assumed Vance Boelter was just another grifter in the NGO/activist space. He built a fake resume, floated around volunteer gigs, and set up shell organizations for clout. His “Red Lion Group” has no real paper trail. His side business in “security services” looks like a cash grab.

But the more I dug, the more different it looks.

Boelter was a 7/11 manager, but constantly promoted himself as a corporate executive. He claims the title “Dr.” based on a Ed.D. in Leadership. He chased every opportunity to get in front of an audience: volunteering for Governor Walz’s “Workforce Development” initiatives, speaking at conferences, anything to be seen as a leader.

And in videos of him in African churches, you see him light up. He’s performing. He’s preaching vague, positive platitudes to foreign audiences. He wanted to be somebody. He wanted to be followed.

There’s good reason to believe that @JamesHartline is right… he was remodeling that building below into a church. Not to serve Jesus, but as a stage for an audience that would never come.

I think he is a man addicted to attention and status, who tried to get it through a lot of means. And when that attention dried up (possibly whoever cut him off his funding in Congo), he snapped.

I believe Vance Boelter committed violence as a last, desperate attempt to be glorified: under the delusion that killing abortion rights activists would make him a martyr or hero.

This is not Christianity. I watched his sermons. They were designed to provoke emotional applause, not spiritual conviction.

His actions contradict the standard Jesus gave us to recognize false prophets:

“By their fruits you will know them.” – Matthew 7:15–20

Boelter bore no good fruit. Just narcissism, manipulation, and ultimately violence. He wasn’t an evangelical or MAGA. He was a man who couldn’t stand being ordinary.

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