Suspected Shooter of Minnesota Lawmakers Caught: What We Know About Vance L. Boelter

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Vance Luther Boelter, the 57-year-old man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses at their residences in the early hours of Saturday morning, was taken into custody Sunday evening, authorities announced.

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00:00Good evening. After a two-day manhunt, two sleepless nights, law enforcement have apprehended Vance Boulter.

00:07That's 48 hours that law enforcement involved in a complex and dangerous manhunt.

00:14Spent Father's Day away from their families to deliver justice for Melissa and Mark Hortman

00:21and their children who spent this Father's Day alone.

00:24To the law enforcement who stand here and the hundreds who were involved in this,

00:31the state of Minnesota owes you a deep grit of gratitude. Thank you.

00:34Multiple agencies were there as FBI laid hands on it and Minnesota State Patrol put the handcuffs on.

00:41One man's unthinkable actions have altered the state of Minnesota.

00:45Melissa Hortman was the core of who our values were.

00:49She had a hand in so many things that happened.

00:52The building that we stand in, she helped usher through so that we could respond from the State Emergency Operations Center

01:00with the professionalism and giving the tools necessary to law enforcement to do their job.

01:05To Melissa and Mark's family, you cannot fathom your pain and the grief that you're going through.

01:11To John and Yvette Hoffman, the latest news is Senator Hoffman came out of his final surgery

01:16and is moving towards that, towards recovery.

01:21Yvette is healing.

01:23And I think when the story comes out, and I'd like to say on behalf of the State of Minnesota,

01:27the heroic actions by the Hoffman family and their daughter, Hope, saved countless lives.

01:32And we are grateful.

01:33And we are grateful.

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