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

[MissPie]

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

Since Carlson was reading the text aloud, perhaps he referred to Boelter as “he” instead of reading the “I” in the text.

 

[MassGuy]

9:47 a.m. - Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette are awake and recovering after being shot early Saturday, according to nephew Mat Ollig.
“They are both awake now and recovering. It’s going to be a long process,” Ollig said in an interview, adding that the gunfire that struck John Hoffman “barely missed his heart.”
“Once they recover more, they will be making statements.”

Officials: Assassination suspect caught after ‘largest manhunt in state history’

After arrest of Vance Boelter in Sibley County, Gov. Tim Walz calls for unity as he says political violence “cannot be the norm.”

www.startribune.com

 

[Knox]

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

That’s what I think also.

Jenny and the friends both received 6 AM text messages. Her messages, likely warning her to get out of the house and where to meet him, and what to bring - MOO.

 

[MassGuy]

June 15, 2025, 10:27 a.m. ET26 minutes ago
Adam Goldman
It has been roughly 24 hours since officials announced details of the shootings. As the manhunt for the suspect continues, a federal law enforcement official says the man emptied a bank account before the attacks.

Suspect in Minnesota Attacks Is Arrested, Ending Manhunt

The search for Vance Boelter put the state on edge. He has been charged with second-degree murder in the attacks, which killed a state lawmaker and wounded another.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Megnut]

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

Quoting myself to bring his text forward

Bbm

He wishes it hadn't gone this way???? He's the one who did it. He's the one who had to the sole power not to do it.

Some sort of bizarre political vigilante-ism over victims who never crossed him? Rogue cowboy reinventing the Wild West and sees himself as some kind of perverse justice seeker? What exactly was he set out to prove? In murdering innocents, wounding families, and pretty well setting his own on fire.

Tragic loss of life, utter disregard for life.

He needs to spend the rest of his behind bars.

JMO

 

[Knox]

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

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.

The daughter is twenty, but yes Mom shielded her and is a hero!!!

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934261848733372905

 

[detective.moon]

it must be scary for the people who were on his list that he hasn’t been caught yet. does anyone know what happens in a situation like this? would they get security, are they brought to a safe place?

 

[Knox]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934261848733372905

Think this is going to be something bizarre? Initially I thought this was the funeral home work he was doing, what do you think?

The thing posted about the eyeball upthread, has my imagination on overdrive. Maybe nothing, but that’s a weird schedule for sure.

 

[Megnut]

The daughter is twenty, but yes Mom shielded her and is a hero!!!

A daughter with a disability

I can't fathom the horror.

Family member: Yvette Hoffman threw herself over her daughter to shield her from assassin’s bullets

Yvette Hoffman and her husband, MN state Sen. John Hoffman, were shot in a politically motivated attack at their home in Champlin.

www.startribune.com

 

[Leilei]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934261848733372905

So, are they back at the house that he rented the room in this morning?
I'm so confused.
IMO.

 

[MassGuy]

it must be scary for the people who were on his list that he hasn’t been caught yet. does anyone know what happens in a situation like this? would they get security, are they brought to a safe place?

John Miller was talking about this on CNN last night. There’s a duty to warn, so these people would be informed, and local police in their jurisdictions would be responsible for offering protection.

For higher profile targets, security details would be involved.

 

[MassGuy]

So, are they back at the house that he rented the room in this morning?
I'm so confused.
IMO.

This would have been yesterday.

 

[Knox]

SIBLEY COUNTY, Minn. — The possible belongings of Vance Boelter, the suspect in the fatal shooting of MN Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, appear to have been located by law enforcement.

What appears to be Boelter's cowboy hat and a vehicle of interest were found along the roadside in Sibley County, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

MN shooting suspect's potential belongings found in Sibley County

Law enforcement found what appears to be Vance Boelter's belongings, including his cowboy hat and vehicle, in Sibley County as the manhunt for him continues.

www.kare11.com

So this would be the point he is now thought to be in the Buick mentioned yesterday? How does this fit in the timeline?

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934264830967357719

 

[Betty P]

Quoting myself to bring his text forward

Bbm

He wishes it hadn't gone this way???? He's the one who did it. He's the one who had to the sole power not to do it.

Some sort of bizarre political vigilante-ism over victims who never crossed him? Rogue cowboy reinventing the Wild West and sees himself as some kind of perverse justice seeker? What exactly was he set out to prove? In murdering innocents, wounding families, and pretty well setting his own on fire.

Tragic loss of life, utter disregard for life.

He needs to spend the rest of his behind bars.

JMO

I also think the lengthy "target list" of 70 people/organizations in his manifesto was more than a "to do" list. He likely knew he wouldn't get to all of them. Listing them in the manifesto was his way of encouraging other like-minded people to target these people on their own.

JMO

 

[MissPie]

The daughter is twenty, but yes Mom shielded her and is a hero!!!

Their daughter has spina bifida, a special needs young lady. Her mama IS a hero!!

“Or Senator Hoffman. Equally respected. Got into politics because his daughter has spina bifida and she couldn't get insurance, and he wanted to advocate for her. Decent people who didn't deserve this to happen to them," Klobuchar continued.”

Klobuchar on slain Minnesota lawmaker: 'Such a decent person'

"When you hear about statistics about political violence and threats, I just want people to know who we're talking about," Klobuchar says of slain Minnesota lawmakers.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Leilei]

This would have been yesterday.

Thank you, sir. I need more coffee.

 

[Knox]

Their daughter has spina bifida, a special needs young lady. Her mama IS a hero!!

“Or Senator Hoffman. Equally respected. Got into politics because his daughter has spina bifida and she couldn't get insurance, and he wanted to advocate for her. Decent people who didn't deserve this to happen to them," Klobuchar continued.”

Klobuchar on slain Minnesota lawmaker: 'Such a decent person'

"When you hear about statistics about political violence and threats, I just want people to know who we're talking about," Klobuchar says of slain Minnesota lawmakers.

abcnews.go.com

That I didn’t know, thank you for posting this article.

 

[Leilei]

Belongings found?

MN shooting suspect's potential belongings found in Sibley County

Law enforcement found what appears to be Vance Boelter's belongings, including his cowboy hat and vehicle, in Sibley County as the manhunt for him continues.

www.11alive.com