A man suspected of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker on Saturday and of shooting another — identified by the authorities as Vance Boelter — was charged with two counts of murder with a firearm, among other charges, federal officials said Monday.
Mr. Boelter, 57, was also suspected of killing the spouse of one of the lawmakers and wounding the spouse of the other. After a manhunt over the weekend, he was captured on Sunday night.
Before the attacks, the suspect emptied his bank account, according to a federal law enforcement official. The suspect also gave four months’ worth of advance rent payments — about $220 a month — to David Carlson, who said he had been one of the suspect’s best friends since the fourth grade, for a small room in a shared house in Minneapolis. The suspect rented a room in the home and stayed there several days a week.
Here is what we know about the suspect’s actions during and after the shootings, based on information from the authorities and interviews by The Times, as the manhunt by law enforcement officials ended on Sunday night with his arrest.
