SUSPECT IN CUSTODY MN - 2 Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses were shot by someone impersonating a police officer, JUNE 13,2025

[na19]

I wonder who else he texted besides the roommates. Maybe sent a text to his wife saying something like "I did something bad. Grab the kids, passports etc. and meet me at X."

 

[ilovewings]

The car, clothing, and protective equipment he likely had relatively easy access to through the security company, but I agree that this was well-planned.

I highly doubt the security company had latex masks, so at a minimum he probably had to acquire that himself, plus he was somehow able to evade LE on foot after exchanging fire with them which leads me to believe he had some sort of contingency plan (‘go bags’ stashed nearby? An accomplice? Pre-planned exit routes?). MOO.

I'm trying to figure out how the police didnt get him when they came upon him and he fired at them. Sounds like there was more than one police officer shooting at him and he was on foot- kind of puzzling.

 

[Megnut]

I'm trying to figure out how the police didnt get him when they came upon him and he fired at them. Sounds like there was more than one police officer shooting at him and he was on foot- kind of puzzling.

Sounds like he was out the back door before they could surround the house.

JMO

 

[ilovewings]

Split personality is not even the word. One supposedly doing good, the other and the insane org. he had and his murderous plans manifesto for a lot of other people. Is that insane or the twisted evil and psychotic mind as he saw himself in the world against 'evil'. sounds it. IMO He will be found and it has to be super fast, been too long. Cold blooded murderer. IMO

He is pure evil-- spare me the mental illness- he is a psychopath

 

[AngTxGal]

Sounds like he was out the back door before they could surround the house.

JMO

Other poster quote
I'm trying to figure out how the police didnt get him when they came upon him and he fired at them. Sounds like there was more than one police officer shooting at him and he was on foot- kind of puzzling.


When the officers arrived at the home where the shooting occurred they would have gone inside and encountered Huffman and his wife- both shot repeatedly but alive
Rendering aid to victims would be priority over catching Boelter

IMO

 

[statt#1]

I see that route 169 up to Onamia, where the Mrs. was reported to have been pulled over with all that stuff in the car, well, that's an easy and near logical route to escape the area of the second shooting. So, I wonder if the search is up that way? There's a whole bunch of wide open territory up there, for sure, and the further north northeast ya go, the more remote it gets!

 

[Megnut]

Other poster quote
I'm trying to figure out how the police didnt get him when they came upon him and he fired at them. Sounds like there was more than one police officer shooting at him and he was on foot- kind of puzzling.


When the officers arrived at the home where the shooting occurred they would have gone inside and encountered two person’s who had been shot, then attempt to render aid
Rendering aid to victims would be priority over catching Boelter

IMO

Yes. But also, he was an active shooter, potentially holed up inside the home. They wouldn't have stormed the place until the regrouped and secured it. All MOO.

What a nightmare this one man created.

I hope he's captured alive and soon.

JMO

 

[ilovewings]

Other poster quote
I'm trying to figure out how the police didnt get him when they came upon him and he fired at them. Sounds like there was more than one police officer shooting at him and he was on foot- kind of puzzling.


When the officers arrived at the home where the shooting occurred they would have gone inside and encountered Huffman and his wife- both shot repeatedly but alive
Rendering aid to victims would be priority over catching Boelter

IMO

that makes sense

 

[AngTxGal]

Here is more about possible motives/ intentions from his roommate
IMO

New York Post

Carlson shared that Boetler, who was engaged in several ambitious business ventures including Praetorian Security Company and Red Lion Group, was experiencing financial trouble and struggled to find work, CNN reported.

“He was looking around, but maybe things didn’t work out and he just gave up and decided to go out in a blaze of glory,” Carlson said. “I have no idea what he was thinking.

When asked about the political leanings of Boetler, Carlson revealed that — despite once being a political appointee of the state’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz — voted for President Donald Trump, but that he was not aware of his feelings on state politics, the report stated.

Other motivations in addition to financial troubles- abortion rights protection
WDBJ7 News

Hortman, 55, had been the top Democratic leader in the state House since 2017. She led Democrats in a three-week walkout at the beginning of this year’s session
…
Hortman used her position as speaker in 2023 to champion expanded protections for abortion rights, including legislation to solidify Minnesota’s status as a refuge for patients from restrictive states who travel to the state to seek abortions — and to protect providers who serve them.
…

IMO

 

[Rosydecember]

Transcript of dispatch

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"The shooter is still in the house." Read the dispatch audio between responders following Minnesota shootings

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minnesota-shootings-manhunt-06-14-25#cmbwvhsdy00003b6m9ydse3gc

I’m confused:

“Now that I have a second to explain it, they want you guys on standby. The shooter is still in the house, they believe barricaded with the firearms, and multiple different agencies are on scene, trying to locate if this individual is on foot, if he shot anybody else around the home. Just so you guys have a little bit more of an update as to what is going on there.”

He can’t be barricaded in the house while also trying to locate if he is on foot. Both can’t be true. What a conflicting statement.

 

[sunflowermomma]

So did LE just let the wife go when she was found with cash, passports, and weapons?

 

[AngTxGal]

Yes. But also, he was an active shooter, potentially holed up inside the home. They wouldn't have stormed the place until the regrouped and secured it. All MOO.

What a nightmare this one man created.

I hope he's captured alive and soon.

JMO

I responded to a post asking why they didn’t chase him down and catch him if he was on foot.

I didn’t say they ‘stormed the place’?

We know some facts but not all
They arrived due to someone calling 911 saying they heard shots fired- in the wee hours 2-3AM
When they arrived there was a ‘cop car’ in the driveway and a man coming out of the front door in uniform
That man fired at the officers and went back into the home. They don’t even know how many shooters they have…
They do now know one man is armed and willing to shoot them.

When they get to the front door there are nine bullet holes through it
Highly likely they encountered a person with multiple gun shot wounds as they enter to clear the home.
and then another gun shot victim as they walked through the home. They clear the home- he isn’t there
Both victims are alive

At some point he had come out the back door- not sure when
Two officers were busy- none was left to chase him as they were rendering aid.

What they didn’t do is sit outside when they knew he was in the home of a lawmaker in the wee hours of the morning- and they had been called because someone heard gun shots, and they had already been fired upon themselves. [Unless they were directed to do so like the officers at Uvalde]

They also didn’t run around back- or they would have caught him coming out the back door.

So they must have entered through the front door and encountered the two injured by gun shots while clearing the home- and they rendered aid.

Do I know what happened exactly? No, more details will come out as time passes.
But this makes sense and is one explanation as to why they didn’t chase him down and catch him if he was on foot.
They did their job, EMTs cannot enter until LE has cleared the scene of danger.

IMO

 

[Megnut]

I’m confused:

“Now that I have a second to explain it, they want you guys on standby. The shooter is still in the house, they believe barricaded with the firearms, and multiple different agencies are on scene, trying to locate if this individual is on foot, if he shot anybody else around the home. Just so you guys have a little bit more of an update as to what is going on there.”

He can’t be barricaded in the house while also trying to locate if he is on foot. Both can’t be true. What a conflicting statement.

Sheer volume of responding LE at that point. Operating under both principles -- that he was barricaded in the home AND attempting to locate him if he fled on foot, which he had but they didn't yet know that IMO.

JMO

 

[Izzylizzy]

Maybe early versions of the news have been overwritten. I can't find it now, but when LE went to the Green Isle home iirc, the family wasn't there.

Green Isle, MN has a population of about 500 and is located in the central of nowhere. No police department, just county police. Still, one they had the name, I'm sure LE mobilized quickly.

If the family was already not home, when did they leave?

It's possible that LE had not spoken at all to the family until they were stopped in Onamia, a straight shot to Canada.

JMO

JB/wife was stopped around 10am.
The suspect's identity was breaking news around 1pm yesterday.

Accused Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter’s wife detained after traffic stop — cops find passports and weapon in car: report

It is not clear whether the Boetlers lived with each other

nypost.com

MN lawmaker shootings: Investigation leads authorities to Green Isle

There is heavy police presence in Green Isle Saturday as the suspect in the shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers Saturday morning has a family home there.

www.fox9.com

 

[Yellowbelly]

His LinkedIn shows nearly 50 endorsements, and he did get appointed to Minnesota's Workforce Development Board, so I suspect that the stuff about having managerial positions in the food industry probably isn't too far from the truth.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vance-boelter-e-d-d-b7814715?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app

Looking a bit further into his CV, things seem fine until he leaves Greencore in 2016, then things start to get sketchy. He claims to have spent five years as a general manager with 7-Eleven in Minneapolis. The problem with this is that 7-Eleven are headquartered in Texas and didn't even have stores in Minnesota in 2016.

Now he seems to have an odd job working for a funeral home whilst trying and failing to get a security company off the ground. A month ago he put a message on his LinkedIn to try and get back into the food industry, so it would seem that things have been spiraling downhill professionally for quite some time.

It wouldn't be the first time that somebody has decided that their life's problems are all somebody else's fault, and in their paranoia decide to take revenge on their perceived enemies.

Speedway Gas/Convenience Chain Will Be Sold to 7-Eleven

There is currently not a single 7-Eleven location in the state of Minnesota. In the wake of a mega-deal announced on Sunday, that’s likely to change. Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven has struck a deal to buy the Speedway gas station convenience stores from Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Corp. in a...

tcbmag.com

 

[Betty P]

Sheer volume of responding LE at that point. Operating under both principles-- that he was barricaded in the home AND attempting to locate him if he fled on foot, which he had but they didn't get know that IMO.

JMO

Right. Most of LE was at the Hoffman home, where the first 911 call was directed. One of the responding officers decided to check on the nearby Hortman home as a precaution. These were local LE and knew where the elected officials lived. Apparently, it was just this one patrol car that responded to Hortmans, so they didn't have back up to cover the back door.

Minnesota lawmaker killed, another wounded in ‘targeted’ shootings

Minnesota House Democratic Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot, while State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded.

www.kbzk.com

Police were first called to Hoffman’s residence around 2 a.m. in response to the initial shooting. Authorities then began conducting wellness checks on other local officials, according to Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

At 3:35 a.m., Brooklyn Park officers encountered the suspect at Hortman’s home. Officials said the suspect fired several rounds at officers before fleeing.

Also this in the news. At the Hoffman's, the wife threw herself in front of their daughter to protect her. He almost killed a child.

John Hoffman’s Wife 'Threw Herself in Front' of Their Daughter to Protect Her in ‘Politically Motivated Assassination,' Family Says

Minnesota Senator John Hoffman’s wife Yvette Hoffman threw herself in front of the couple's daughter to protect her after they were targeted in what is being referred to by Gov. Tim Walz as a 'politically motivated assassination' on June 14, family member Matt Oleg told KARE 11's A.J. Lagoe...

people.com

ETA: I really hope they find this guy before he hurts someone else.

 

[Betty P]

911 audio recording of responders to the 2 shootings

Scanner audio details how first responders rushed to treat Minnesota lawmakers after shootings

“I don’t have time to explain it,” one medic radioed. “The shooter is still in the house.”

www.startribune.com

“We are going to have one confirmed shooting [victim] right now, possible more. We’ll just take one more truck staging in the area.”
“Confirmed shot, in cardiac arrest. We will be taking that one. No more confirmed shot at this time. They want another rig to stand in the area. They don’t know where the shooter is.”
“A suspect is barricaded in the house.”
“Code 3 to North [Memorial Health Hospital] with two riders.”
“Be advised, they want you guys on standby. I don’t have time explain it … The shooter is still in the house. They believe barricaded with the firearm. Multiple different agencies are on-scene trying to locate if this individual on foot, if he shot anybody else around the home.”
“Another victim in the house, can you confirm another rig is needed?”
“Be advised, we have one DOA [dead on arrival].”

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

I responded to a post asking why they didn’t chase him down and catch him if he was on foot.

I didn’t say they ‘stormed the place’?

We know some facts but not all
They arrived due to someone calling 911 saying they heard shots fired- in the wee hours 2-3AM
When they arrived there was a ‘cop car’ in the driveway and a man coming out of the front door in uniform
That man fired at the officers and went back into the home. They don’t even know how many shooters they have…
They do now know one man is armed and willing to shoot them.

When they get to the front door there are nine bullet holes through it
Highly likely they encountered a person with multiple gun shot wounds as they enter to clear the home.
and then another gun shot victim as they walked through the home. They clear the home- he isn’t there
Both victims are alive

At some point he had come out the back door- not sure when
Two officers were busy- none was left to chase him as they were rendering aid.

What they didn’t do is sit outside when they knew he was in the home of a lawmaker in the wee hours of the morning- and they had been called because someone heard gun shots, and they had already been fired upon themselves. [Unless they were directed to do so like the officers at Uvalde]

They also didn’t run around back- or they would have caught him coming out the back door.

So they must have entered through the front door and encountered the two injured by gun shots while clearing the home- and they rendered aid.

Do I know what happened exactly? No, more details will come out as time passes.
But this makes sense and is one explanation as to why they didn’t chase him down and catch him if he was on foot.
They did their job, EMTs cannot enter until LE has cleared the scene of danger.

IMO

After the gunman retreated back into the house, I think it took awhile before they searched the entire house.

If I’m remembering right they saw Mr. Hortman near the door and pulled him out of the house. They used a drone to find her. I would imagine they were looking for the gunman as well. That must have taken some time. (I’ll see if i can find a link)

ETA -

MSN

The officers went into the house and saw a man hurt with a gunshot wound. They dragged him outside and attempted to give first aid, but he was pronounced dead shortly after.

Law enforcement surrounded the house and used a drone to enter the house and identify Hortman.

 

[Betty P]

After the gunman retreated back into the house, I think it took awhile before they searched the entire house.

If I’m remembering right they saw Mr. Hortman near the door and pulled him out of the house. They used a drone to find her. I would imagine they were looking for the gunman as well. That must have taken some time. (I’ll see if i can find a link)

According to 911 transmission from EMS, at one point the shooter was barricaded inside the house and shooting at LE.

 

[Knox]

Snipped

The text message, which Carlson read to reporters, said: "David and Ron, I love you guys. I made some choices, and you guys don't know anything about this, but I'm going to be gone for a while.

"May be dead shortly, so I just want to let you know I love you guys both and I wish it hadn't gone this way. I don't want to say anything more, I don't want to say anything more and implicate you in any way, because you guys don't know anything about this. But I love you guys and I'm sorry for all the trouble he has caused."

Vance Boelter's friend reveals more details about assassi...

David Carlson, who says that he has known Boelter since fourth grade, described the shooting suspect as a "great guy."

www.newsweek.com

“trouble he has caused” - wonder if that’s a typo? Who’s “he”?