Vance Boelter, who is suspected in the attacks on two Minnesota politicians and their spouses, was taken into custody on Sunday, ending a major manhunt.
The man suspected of assassinating a Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and wounding another was taken into custody late Sunday, according to three officials who were briefed on the situation, ending a two-day manhunt that put the state on edge.
State officials had pursued the suspect, identified as Vance Boelter, 57, throughout the weekend. On Sunday, tactical teams conducted a search in Sibley Country, about an hour’s drive away from the site of the attacks, where investigators found a car and hat belonging to Mr. Boelter on a remote stretch of road.
As investigators tried to piece together what led to the shootings, new details emerged about Mr. Boelter, a father of five who had worked for decades in the food industry. In a video he posted online, he described quitting that industry to work on agricultural projects in central Africa. More recently, colleagues said, he had picked up jobs at funeral service companies — including removing dead bodies from houses and nursing homes — to pay the bills.
Here’s what we know about the suspect.
Does he have a connection to the victims?
Mr. Boelter had served on a state economic board with one of the victims, State Senator John A. Hoffman, who survived the shooting, though it is unclear if they actually knew each other.
Mr. Boelter was appointed to the panel, the Minnesota Governor’s Workforce Development Board, in 2016 by a Democratic former governor, Mark Dayton. The board has 41 members appointed by the governor, and its members try to improve business development in the state. He was later reappointed by Gov. Tim Walz, also a Democrat.
