At a time of tirades on social networks and climbing polarization, Vance Boelter did not hit people who knew him or worked with him as someone motivated by a political rage.
Boelter was arrested by police on Sunday evening, officials said, and it is alleged that the police have carried out a political assassination. He was accused of two second degree murder leaders for the deadly shootings of the state representative, Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in their home in Brooklyn Park, Saturday after the first time that Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, who survived their home in Champlin.
Friends and partners say Boelter, 57, has been treated. His imprint on social networks is small. He seems to have looked towards conservative opinions, at least once registering to vote as a republican and identify as an evangelical Christian. One of his closest friends said Boelter had voted for President Donald Trump last fall.
Friend, David Carlson, also said that Boelter had not struck him as a fanatic fixed to politics. And he never talked about violence.
“I knew the guy. He was not like that. I can’t explain it,” said Carlson. “I don’t know this side of Vance.”
Boelter’s unusual life was concentrated on Sunday, while the police chased him to the woods of Sibley County, not far from the place where he lived with his wife in Green Isle.
The authorities say Boelter left behind Lists of democratic legislators and abortion suppliers as targets.
Boelter seems to have been in financial distress. He struggled to launch a security business and transported organizations for a funeral show to reach both ends.