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

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2:01 p.m. - Mike Liebhard, 59, said he left his home on 301st Avenue Sunday morning in Faxon Township and saw a black, “older little car, like a Buick” on the side of the road near the intersection.

Officers were seen searching around the car, and exiting from the woods to the west around 1:40 p.m. It appeared to be a black sedan, with its doors opened as officers looked around. Media members were not allowed to get closer than a little less than a mile from the vehicle. Parked to the south on the highway were at least a half dozen police squad cars. There was a blue tarp lying on the gravel just behind the car next to the trunk.

www.startribune.com

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.”
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The Rev. Mcnay Nkashama, who organizes missionary trips to Africa that Vance Boelter participated in, said in a brief phone interview Sunday that he never saw any red flags with Boelter previously.

“I am trying to make sense of what might have triggered all of this,” he said. “I am extremely confused. I’ve known him long enough to be highly shocked.”

Nkashama described Boelter as kind, gentle and generous. He said Boelter never indicated he was troubled and the two had a good relationship “as God’s people — in that sense.


www.startribune.com

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.”
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  • #524
FWIW

KARE 11 live is sharing that VLB likely walked from the second crime scene to the Fremont house, about 7 miles, estimating a walk time of 2.5 hours.

JMO
 
  • #525
vls12345 said:
VB has obviously been able to get "police" vehicles, weapons, uniforms, etc. because of his company. Additionally, he has had access to various cars (that I guess his company or his family owns). His wife was stopped with guns, money, & passports. I wonder if he &/or she have burner phones? If so, how many? How often is he switching phones? Does he have allies (maybe amongst anti-abortionists since that seems to be a possible motive) who are helping him? I think he planned for a lot of contingencies & is using various methods/equipment/etc. that he set-up ahead of time in order to evade LE & avoid capture.

MOO.
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Right. Listening to a scanner and evading as police follow their book. Probably some help from the same that helped Rudolph.
 
  • #526
CityKid said:
I'm getting the same scent here. His LinkedIn employment list is longer than a CVS receipt and most of it makes no sense.
Per his LinkedIn, he was a GM at 7/11 in Minneapolis from 4/16 to 11/21
Per Indeed, the average annual salary for a GM at 7/11 is under $53,000. (If he had a higher-level mgt position, he'd be at HQ in Texas, not at a store in Minneapolis.)
Also per his LinkedIn, he is currently (from 12/21 to present) the CEO of Red Lion Group in the DRC. which doesn't have a current website. The US travel advisory is currently at 4 since 1/25, and before that at 3 since 2018. I can't find any record of when he traveled to do work for this company with a dead website. And how does one go from 7/11 GM to CEO?

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By starting one's own company.
 
  • #527
Megnut said:
They just said that's old footage. They don't want to broadcast locations live, to protect LE.

Guessing there is LE all over Sibley County, some at the home, some south of there. Toward Jordan.

IMO he's either on the move, outside the county, with a significant lead, or he's hidden himself in a structure somewhere.

I doubt he intends to be caught alive.

JMO
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My son just tried to come through the area. He was detoured north on 311th/Co Rd 25 which seems to be the furthermost West side of the perimeter they are working on. They are still in the area. Google maps still shows Co Rd 25 closed. Still a very large police presence in the area. Per Kare 11 Livestream locals are receiving texts from BCA alerting them of an impending search of their property with requests to leave.
 
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CityKid said:
I'm getting the same scent here. His LinkedIn employment list is longer than a CVS receipt and most of it makes no sense.
Per his LinkedIn, he was a GM at 7/11 in Minneapolis from 4/16 to 11/21
Per Indeed, the average annual salary for a GM at 7/11 is under $53,000. (If he had a higher-level mgt position, he'd be at HQ in Texas, not at a store in Minneapolis.)
Also per his LinkedIn, he is currently (from 12/21 to present) the CEO of Red Lion Group in the DRC. which doesn't have a current website. The US travel advisory is currently at 4 since 1/25, and before that at 3 since 2018. I can't find any record of when he traveled to do work for this company with a dead website. And how does one go from 7/11 GM to CEO?

Democratic Republic of the Congo International Travel Information

Democratic Republic of the Congo international travel information and Travel Advisory
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My school French has come in useful.....
Red Lion (Lion Rouge) appears to be a military/security partnership between DRC, US and Belgium (former colonial overlords):

Democratic Republic of Congo partners with U.S. to build capacity during Lion Rouge exercise
 
  • #529
Megnut said:
FWIW

KARE 11 live is sharing that VLB likely walked from the second crime scene to the Fremont house, about 7 miles, estimating a walk time of 2.5 hours.

JMO
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That makes sense. Roughly 3:35 AM, he slips out the back door. Shows up at the rental in the cowboy hat on video, breaking the car window with the hammer, somewhere around 6 AM?

How did he get from the rental to where he shows up next in the black Buick?
 
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MOO The remaining people on the hit list are in pretty big danger.
He got into the victims' house dressed as a policeman, he also wore a silicon mask for the surveillance cam.
Probably the cowboy outfit has been shed for white collar or trucker drag.
MOO Very likely someone is helping and resupplying him.
 
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Damarna said:
My son just tried to come through the area. He was detoured north on 311th/Co Rd 25 which seems to be the furthermost West side of the perimeter they are working on. They are still in the area. Google maps still shows Co Rd 25 closed. Still a very large police presence in the area. Per Kare 11 Livestream locals are receiving texts from BCA alerting them of an impending search of their property with requests to leave.
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301st Ave · Faxon Township, Minnesota

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  • #532
Given everything published thus far in MSM, I don't believe the suspect's motives or political beliefs are mysterious or convoluted. A manifesto, a hitlist, a pile of protest locations to hit, multiple videos of sermons. How explicit does he have to be?

"Despite serving under Dems, Boelter last registered to vote in 2022 as a Republican."

nypost.com

Former appointee of Tim Walz sought in ‘politically motivated assassination’ of lawmaker and husband in creepy mask

The alleged killer left behind a ‘manifesto’ listing the names of 70 politicians, including Walz and his Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, and a stack of papers stating ‘No Kings’
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"His roommate and best friend David Carlson told media outlets that Boelter was a devout Christian and staunchly anti-abortion. He said Boelter texted him that he would be dead shortly. He claimed Boelter was a strong supporter of Donald Trump."

www.theguardian.com

The attacks on Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota: what we know

Melissa Hortman killed and John Hoffman wounded in two separate attacks carried out, police say, by same suspect
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"Mr. Boelter has delivered several sermons at a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a video of one that was posted online, he appeared to criticize gay and transgender people.

“There’s people, especially in America, they don’t know what sex they are,” he said. “They don’t know their sexual orientation, they’re confused. The enemy has gotten so far into their mind and their soul.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/...e_code=1.PE8.8Zm9.BqC8D3MUlVWa&smid=url-share (gift article)
 
  • #533
Damarna said:
My son just tried to come through the area. He was detoured north on 311th/Co Rd 25 which seems to be the furthermost West side of the perimeter they are working on. They are still in the area. Google maps still shows Co Rd 25 closed. Still a very large police presence in the area. Per Kare 11 Livestream locals are receiving texts from BCA alerting them of an impending search of their property with requests to leave.
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I'm not surprised that they've got roads blocked all over.

KARE11 is recycling their own news, I believe those alerts went out a few hours ago.

Clearly it's an active, fluid situation.

JMO
 
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Listening to KARE11, they just showed VLB's vehicle being towed (the one left at the crime scene). Fake license plates, fake paper license plates.

He is no criminal mastermind.

Paper, geez.

JMO
 
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Leilei said:
So, are they back at the house that he rented the room in this morning?
I'm so confused.
IMO.
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Megnut said:
Listening to KARE11, they just showed VLB's vehicle being towed. Fake license plates, fake paper license plates.

He is no criminal mastermind.

Paper, geez.

JMO
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Just like his the paper ones he put on his fake police car left at the Hortman's house.
 
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Boxer said:
By starting one's own company.
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CityKid said:
I'm getting the same scent here. His LinkedIn employment list is longer than a CVS receipt and most of it makes no sense.
Per his LinkedIn, he was a GM at 7/11 in Minneapolis from 4/16 to 11/21
Per Indeed, the average annual salary for a GM at 7/11 is under $53,000. (If he had a higher-level mgt position, he'd be at HQ in Texas, not at a store in Minneapolis.)
Also per his LinkedIn, he is currently (from 12/21 to present) the CEO of Red Lion Group in the DRC. which doesn't have a current website. The US travel advisory is currently at 4 since 1/25, and before that at 3 since 2018. I can't find any record of when he traveled to do work for this company with a dead website. And how does one go from 7/11 GM to CEO?

Democratic Republic of the Congo International Travel Information

Democratic Republic of the Congo international travel information and Travel Advisory
travel.state.gov travel.state.gov
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I worked at 7/11 for a few years. I worked for a woman that had her own store. 7/11 definitely hires and recruits people for those GM positions . The business model is used world wide and has a structure similar to other non competing companies. So A leap from GM to CEO is not that hard to reconcile for a lesser preforming company. IMO.
 
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KARE11 live is showing big police presence around that abandoned sedan. All doors open. Also running a K9, sniffing his way into a soybean field (common MN crop, low to the ground).
 
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KARE11 live is reporting that the Cowboy hat image came from the bank where VLB withdrew money yesterday, after the crimes.
 
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