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

[charminglane]

Search warrants reveal new details into Vance Boelter investigation

New details have been revealed in the investigation into Vance Boelter, the accused killer in the attack on two Minnesota lawmakers.

www.kaaltv.com

First call he made was to son, David.

 

[Knox]

She is a Prepper too. No explanation was needed - just go.

But his bailout plan/instruction for her was to head to her Mom’s house in WI? According to locals, that’s not the direction she was heading?

 

[Boxer]

But his bailout plan/instruction for her was to head to her Mom’s house in WI? According to locals, that’s not the direction she was heading?

Pre arranged pick up points?

 

[Tippy Lynn]

First call he made was to son, David.

Not that it matters, but his son might be named after his friend that he stayed with in Minneapolis.

 

[Tippy Lynn]

But his bailout plan/instruction for her was to head to her Mom’s house in WI? According to locals, that’s not the direction she was heading?

Her instructions were to go to her Mom’s house in WI, but it’s been reported that when she was pulled over she told authorities she was heading to visit a friend. The area she was pulled over is a resort area where many people have cabins and summer homes.

Details from the affidavit​

According to an affidavit filed by an FBI special agent, law enforcement pulled over Boelter's wife and four children hours after the shootings on Saturday near Lake Mille Lacs. His wife told investigators they were going to visit friends after her husband posted in a family group text "they needed to get out of the house and people with guns may be showing up."

The affidavit states Boelter's wife told the investigator they were "preppers," meaning they "prepare for major or catastrophic incidents." She says her husband gave her a "bailout plan," including a directive to go to her mother's home in southwestern Wisconsin.

She also told investigators her husband "has a business partner from Worthington" who lives in the state of Washington. She allegedly said the two were "partners … in Red Lion, a security company and fishing outfit in Congo, Africa," the affidavit states

Minnesota lawmaker shootings suspect was "prepper" who gave wife "bailout plan," affidavit states

Recently unsealed court documents shed more light on the mindset and actions of the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Vance Boelter's cell phone was found at Home Depot in Fridley, worked at U of M eye donation bank

Another twist to Boelter's convoluted work history, court papers say he was employed by the U of M, which confirms he was a technician at the eye donation bank.

www.kare11.com

 

[tlcya]

Court papers say Jenny Boelter waited for police in Onamia, where they found in her car a safe, the whole family's passports, $10,000 in cash and two guns, and was carrying out the family's so-called "bailout plan," as they were "preppers" who prepare for catastrophic incidents. Still, she has not been charged with a crime.
Vance Boelter's cell phone was found at Home Depot in Fridley, worked at U of M eye donation bank

 

[sds71]

@Seth_Kaplan

Just received this statement from Jenny Boelter, the wife of Vance Boelter. Her husband is accused of shooting and killing the Hortman's and shooting and injuring the Hoffman's.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1938246033081045403

 

[Knox]

Vance Boelter's cell phone was found at Home Depot in Fridley, worked at U of M eye donation bank

Another twist to Boelter's convoluted work history, court papers say he was employed by the U of M, which confirms he was a technician at the eye donation bank.

www.kare11.com

Wow, lots of interesting nuggets in this article! So the friend was right when he stated the stuff about the eyes, though it’s still not clear if he actually harvested the donations?

 

[Sundog]

@Seth_Kaplan

Just received this statement from Jenny Boelter, the wife of Vance Boelter. Her husband is accused of shooting and killing the Hortman's and shooting and injuring the Hoffman's.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1938246033081045403

I wondered when we would hear something from VB's family. With a federal court hearing scheduled for tomorrow for VB, there will be more media attention, so perhaps this is an attempt to get ahead of it.

 

[gremlin444]

Court papers say Jenny Boelter waited for police in Onamia, where they found in her car a safe, the whole family's passports, $10,000 in cash and two guns, and was carrying out the family's so-called "bailout plan," as they were "preppers" who prepare for catastrophic incidents. Still, she has not been charged with a crime.
Vance Boelter's cell phone was found at Home Depot in Fridley, worked at U of M eye donation bank

Yeah...his passport....and an entire safe. Then you combine that with these bits:

Another search warrant reveals Boelter's wife's reaction when first contacted by investigators: "Jenny Boelter initially was not forthcoming with knowledge of her husband being involved in something serious."

The warrant says when told he was a person of interest in a shooting, she initially asked "why would you think that" -- before finally admitting Boelter sent her those ominous text messages about "going to war" and telling her to leave town.

Boelter's first phone call after the shootings was to his 18-year-old son, although the search warrant doesn't reveal what he told the young man.

So, no one in this family thought of calling the police? Didn't make any connections between the huge news of the shootings and Dad's ominous messages/calls?

Even if you are positive your husband didn't do it, wouldn't you be concerned that he was having a severe mental health episode and want the police to find him before he harmed himself or others? In the absence of the shootings, if you got those text message and phone calls, you wouldn't be worried and ask for help finding him and getting him treatment?

Wouldn't you want to help right away in case there was anything you could do to ensure that he would surrender peacefully and be taken in alive and unharmed?

Maybe she can't or shouldn't be charged with something, I don't know. But IMHO, she showed a stunning lack of concern for others in the state (what if someone had bumped into him into him while he was hiding out near their house--he had a gun) in addition of lack of concern about the safety and mental health of her husband/father of her children.

 

[Gophers_FTW]

Yeah...his passport....and an entire safe. Then you combine that with these bits:

Another search warrant reveals Boelter's wife's reaction when first contacted by investigators: "Jenny Boelter initially was not forthcoming with knowledge of her husband being involved in something serious."

The warrant says when told he was a person of interest in a shooting, she initially asked "why would you think that" -- before finally admitting Boelter sent her those ominous text messages about "going to war" and telling her to leave town.

Boelter's first phone call after the shootings was to his 18-year-old son, although the search warrant doesn't reveal what he told the young man.

So, no one in this family thought of calling the police? Didn't make any connections between the huge news of the shootings and Dad's ominous messages/calls?

Even if you are positive your husband didn't do it, wouldn't you be concerned that he was having a severe mental health episode and want the police to find him before he harmed himself or others? In the absence of the shootings, if you got those text message and phone calls, you wouldn't be worried and ask for help finding him and getting him treatment?

Wouldn't you want to help right away in case there was anything you could do to ensure that he would surrender peacefully and be taken in alive and unharmed?

Maybe she can't or shouldn't be charged with something, I don't know. But IMHO, she showed a stunning lack of concern for others in the state (what if someone had bumped into him into him while he was hiding out near their house--he had a gun) in addition of lack of concern about the safety and mental health of her husband/father of her children.

Agreed. This case hit way too close. The Hoffman's home was less than a mile from mine. The Hortman's was near my brother's house. And several of the likely routes the suspect would've taken on foot from Brooklyn Park to his rental in Minneapolis go right past my workplace - where I've been having to sometimes work late into the early morning hours. Thankfully not on that day.

 

[Megnut]

Wife of suspect in shooting of Minnesota lawmaker calls husband's alleged actions 'a betrayal'

"We are absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blindsided," Jenny Boelter said in a statement Thursday through her lawyer.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MrsWatson]

Court papers say Jenny Boelter waited for police in Onamia, where they found in her car a safe, the whole family's passports, $10,000 in cash and two guns, and was carrying out the family's so-called "bailout plan," as they were "preppers" who prepare for catastrophic incidents. Still, she has not been charged with a crime.
Vance Boelter's cell phone was found at Home Depot in Fridley, worked at U of M eye donation bank

What exactly did she think was going on, then, after those texts?

 

[Sundog]

What exactly did she think was going on, then, after those texts?

I don't think it has been revealed as to what the texts say. If it was something like "Activate the plan..." that they had put together as a prepper family in the event of an emergency, then she may not have known what was going on, other than that they needed to activate the plan, i.e. grab the safe that contains passports and cash, a firearm, and go to the planned destination (mother's?).

I did read that LE stated that the first text that VB sent to his family was directed to his son. It was also stated somewhere that VB communicated to them via a family chat group (or something like that). So it isn't clear to me if the first message was sent to the entire family via a family chat group with VB's son as the contact or there was a separate text sent to the son.

 

[simlyme]

I find it puzzling that she can afford attorneys and he can't ?

 

[simlyme]

The life and legacy of Representative Melissa Hortman

Rep. Hortman, who served a six-year stint as House Speaker, was a longtime leader of the DFL caucus and one of Minnesota's most influential politicians.

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"If the things I care about get done, whether or not anyone can tell that I touched them," Hortman said in 2008, "then I will feel like it has been a success."

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

I find it puzzling that she can afford attorneys and he can't ?

Criminal trial representation costs a lot more than family spokesperson.

 

[Knox]

Criminal trial representation costs a lot more than family spokesperson.

True, but I suspect this attorney is doing more than just speaking out on her behalf - just a guess.

 

[Boxer]

True, but I suspect this attorney is doing more than just speaking out on her behalf - just a guess.

A murder trial defense m takes a million.