Vance Boelter arrested near Green Isle home, sources tell ABC

[ruet]

Source: KTSP

UPDATE:

Authorities have captured 57-year-old Vance Boelter near his Green Isle home, several sources confirmed to ABC NEWS Sunday night.

He is believed to be responsible for fatally shooting Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. He also shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.

Read more: https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/manhunt-underway-for-man-possibly-posing-as-law-enforcement-in-brooklyn-park/

[SheltieLover]

1. Great job, LEOs! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Traildogbob]

2. Will there be "Due Process"

For the white man that kills Dems?
You betcha! Much more than Garcia.
He will never see El Salvador.

[Gore1FL]

4. Or will Trump pardon him....? nt

[Ocelot II]

6. State crime, can't pardon.

[Mme. Defarge]

11. Does a hate crime become a federal crime?

[Ocelot II]

13. There's a federal hate crime but it wouldn't apply to this case.

18 U.S.C. § 249 makes it a federal crime to "willfully cause bodily injury.. or death.. based on the victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability, if the crime affects interstate or foreign commerce or occurs within federal jurisdiction." None of the victims were members of the listed groups and the crime didn't affect interstate or foreign commerce or occur within federal jurisdiction. Minnesota doesn't have a separate hate crime law but a statute provides for enhanced penalties if a crime victim is a member of one those groups - but they weren't.

[Old Crank]

25. So why is Bondi going after luigi?

Murder wss in NYC?

[Ocelot II]

27. He was charged with *interstate* stalking resulting in death.

Mangione had come to NY from Atlanta for the purpose of murdering Brian Thompson, so the interstate requirement for federal jurisdiction was satisfied. There's no interstate element in Boelter's case.

[Old Crank]

31. Thanks

[ArizonaLib]

46. I pray they don't find that he made purchases out of state

Or something else they can use to send him to some club med bizarro Guantanamo (the opposite of real incarceration). Or they don't Jack Ruby him. Sorry I am unable to put snything past this Reich. Fingers still crossed though. I don't know hardly anything about the criminal system except to avoid having to deal with law enforcement.

[Ocelot II]

57. If there are federal charges (maybe relating to firearms?) the state will still charge him

with murder and attempted murder (as of this morning that has already happened). Federal charges, if any, would be in addition to the state charges, and would not remove him from the state's jurisdiction.

[ArizonaLib]

60. Thanks!

Nm

[mzmolly]

3. Thank

goodness! I'm glad it was MN State Patrol and not Trump's FBI that made the arrest, though I know that's petty.

[Cha]

32. Not "petty"! It's Right Freaking ON!

TY & MN State Patrol!

I wonder how he got caught?!

[FirstLight]

5. good! I was worried he'd commit suicide before they got h8im..

I hope they keep a close eye on him...

[Dr. T]

35. There are fates worse than death.

Life in prison is at the top of the list.

To paraphrase the artist Sting, there is no heaven and their is no hell. I hope this is his hell.

[Wingus Dingus]

7. I thought he had roommates, now I hear he has a wife too?

This story is beyond weird.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Was spending a few nights a week nearer to his work or nearer to looking for work. Something like that. . . nt

[littlemissmartypants]

34. That he was digging eyeballs out of people to make money...

Especially weird.

I had a patient, in the early nineties, that died of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease from infected eyeballs from the dangerous, unregulated American transplant industry.

Digging out eyeballs takes a special kind of person.

[Wingus Dingus]

50. Yes, that is creepy.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. The asshole has been taken into custody

Link to tweet

[luvallpeeps]

10. Goddamn him!

Religious zealot. Judging everyone else’s sins and ignores his own.

[sheshe2]

9. Good job, MNPD.

You did in less than 24 hours.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Oh, good!

[sinkingfeeling]

16. Why is he only being charged with second degree murder (2) and second degree attempted murder (2)? Anybody up

on Minnesota law?

[Ocelot II]

19. That's the way it's done. First-degree murder has to be charged by grand jury indictment,

so the initial charge is always second-degree murder, which can be done by complaint. He'll be arraigned on that charge at first, and after that the case will be brought before a grand jury to obtain a first-degree murder indictment.

[sinkingfeeling]

21. Thanks.

[SheltieLover]

28. Ty!

[Bengus81]

51. And defiantly pre-meditated.

[NBachers]

20. My guess would be that they're going for the sure charges now, with the option to upgrade later as the case develops.

But that’s just spitballing.

[Ocelot II]

22. See above post. First-degree murder charge has to be by grand jury indictment,

so the initial charge is always second-degree murder by complaint until the case can go to a grand jury.

[Kali]

17. I was wrong

Figured he offed himself in the woods someplace.

Now he can be a prison preacher.

[ProfessorGAC]

49. Same Here

I was sure of it, and said so here yesterday.
I'll accept I was wrong, but I'm amazed he let himself get caught.

[Kali]

53. Probably

Thought gawd was protecting him on his mission.

[malaise]

61. Me too n/t

[NBachers]

18. My question: Who was helping him?

[bluestarone]

56. My question as well.

Hoping a lot of phones get checked out!!

[dflprincess]

23. Local authorities say there will be a press conference at 10:30 tonight

For those not in Minnesota our local stations are: (just in case CNN or MSNBC don't cover it live)

WCCO (CBS)
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/

KSTP (ABC)
https://kstp.com/local-news/

KARE (NBC)
https://www.kare11.com/local

On edit: Looks like both CNN & MSNBC are going to cover it. (Their Sunday night programming is usually so iffy)

[mountain grammy]

24. Thank goodness

A danger to society.

[purple_haze]

26. Had No Kings signs in his car.

Probably to throw people off? Trying to blend in?

[James48]

29. They got him!

Picture here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Awrf6Zagz/?mibextid=wwXIfr


https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Awrf6Zagz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[tonekat]

30. I was hoping for a quick capture

Apparently he's a military/LEO/Security wanna-be, preacher, anti-choice whacko, and food service specialist.

[Cha]

33. TY!! Good on the MN State Patrol! Can't wait to hear

how they spotted him and proceeded to Capture!

[Ocelot II]

37. According to the local tv news and the press conference,

he was hiding in the woods near his house out in Sibley County, and a neighbor saw him on a trail camera and called the police. He was cornered in the woods and spotted with drones and finally surrendered.

[Cha]

39. Oh My Gosh! I got Chills! TY So

Much, Ocelot!

Like a Cornered Rabid Rat.

Than Goodness for the Neighbor!

[Klarkashton]

36. He was captured instead of being assassinated

Right wing privilege.

[RockRaven]

38. Thank goodness he was merely a premeditated-murdering armed white male

and not something really dangerous like an unarmed black man buying something with a questionable $20 bill.

[usonian]

42. White wing. NT

[Delphinus]

40. Very happy to hear this!

Let him sing loudly - or his family members, who should have been detained when they stopped them earlier.

[RandySF]

41. Taken alive, no less.

[BidenRocks]

43. Attention on the cell block!

Incoming dirty cop!
Our work here is done.

[BootinUp]

44. Thank pitchforks and pointed ears. nt

[Godot51]

45. It's a good thing...

... for him that he wasn't Black (for any reason), wasn't a black child holding a toy gun, or some other "dark" skinned fugitive who simply ran from the police.

[muriel_volestrangler]

47. They found three AK-47s in his vehicle

Charges say officers searched the SUV and found at least three AK-47 assault rifles, a 9mm handgun and a list of names and addresses of other public officials.

While searching the area, police found a ballistic vest, a disassembled 9mm handgun, a mask and a gold police-style badge. The criminal complaint says Boelter is the listed purchaser for at least four of the guns taken by police.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/vance-boelter-charges-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings/

"At least four of the guns" - with two handguns noted, does that mean it's legal to own AK-47s in Minnesota?

If the police hadn't found him at the second address, imagine what he might have gone on to do.

[NickB79]

48. Yes, semiautomatic AK's are legal

No different than an AR-15. You need a handgun license from the local police dept to purchase anything with a pistol grip, which basically takes 1-2 weeks to receive after you apply.

The local Fleet Farm carries a few models near me.

[marble falls]

54. AND ...

Century Arms Draco 9s 9mm AK-47 Style Pistol with 35 Round Magazine and SOB47 Brace

$619.99 $549.99

In Stock

Brand: Century Arms
Item Number: HG7889-N


Here's a whole page of "pistols" - https://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperstore.com/category.cfm/sportsman/ak-47-pistols-for-sale


When you make a shotgun into a "pistol" you get what got David Koresh and the Branch Davidians and the guy at Ruby Ridge into shootouts with the federal government over.

[Skittles]

63. gun humpers gotta hump

yup

[marble falls]

52. So much for the ultra survivalist meme the press seemed to be hawking.

[Ocelot II]

58. Turns out he's a wannabe whose security business never got off the ground.

It seems to have had no clients at all, but apparently he used it as a way to obtain a vehicle and some law enforcement accoutrements. Whether he ever intended the business to be legit or just wanted a front for his assassination plot isn't clear yet, but although his cop ruse was enough to get him into the homes of his victims, he was never the skilled ninja-type portrayed by some of the media.

[marble falls]

59. He's the Walter Mitty of Ninjas.

[bucolic_frolic]

55. I thought Palantir had all the bad apples ID'd before they erupted

Guess it was fake news

[ancianita]

62. Photos, and presser with Gov Walz, and Wired's report of the lies on Musk's platform

https://www.wired.com/story/psyop-far-right-conspiracy-theories-minnesota-shooting/

“The far left is murderously violent,” Elon Musk wrote on X on Saturday, a post that remains on the site and has been viewed over 50 million times.

When the facts of the story emerged—that the alleged shooter had been registered in other states as a Republican, was said to have voted for President Donald Trump and, as WIRED reported, had participated in an evangelical ministry where he preached against abortion and demonized the LGTBQ community—the conspiracy theories didn’t stop. Instead, they just changed. Posters then claimed the incident was a false flag conducted by the shadowy deep state, while trying to distance the shooter from any connection to the president and the wider MAGA movement...For years in the wake of mass shootings or politically-motivated violence, the far-right has sought to portray the perpetrators as leftists, members of antifa, part of the LGBTQ community, or connected in some way to the Democratic party, despite all evidence showing that the extremist violence is usually conducted by far-right actors...

YouTuber Benny Johnson, who has almost 5 million followers on the video-sharing site and more than 3 million followers on X, positioned the shooting as part of a growing trend of left-wing violence in a long screed on X that described the alleged shooter as “a left-wing Tim Walz appointee.“

“Everyone talks about Minnesota, but they don't talk about the guy seems to be a leftist,” Donald Trump Jr. said in an an interview with News Nation. “The guy who committed those atrocities this weekend was a Democrat who worked for Tim Walz.” When pressed by the interviewer, who replied, “he voted for your Dad,” Trump Jr. said, “I'll believe that when I see it.”