Minnesota ‘gunman' Vance Boelter arrested after largest manhunt in state history following horror shooting rampage
After two days of intense searching where the net slowly closed in on Boetler, he was eventually found hiding in the woods and taken into custody on Sunday evening.
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The public had been warned not to approach the 57-year-old, and he was armed when they arrested him in a rural area in Sibley County, southwest of Minneapolis.
A massive manhunt was launched on Saturday after Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot dead at their home in what officials called a "politically-motivated assassination".
Cops said the same gunman had earlier shot and wounded Democrat senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home nine miles away earlier on Saturday morning.
The gunman reportedly disguised himself as a police office to trick his victims.
Police quickly located a vehicle of interest and the cowboy hat they believe Boelter was wearing when he was last seen in the Twin Cities area.
Fliers for No Kings - a group against President Trump's perceived overreach of power - were found in suspect's car.
The bits of evidence were found on Highway 25 in Sibley County roughly halfway between Green Isle, where Boelter has a property, and Belle Plaine.
Boetler faces two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder.
Hoffman and his wife were severely after being shot multiple times and had to undergo emergency surgery.
After they got out of the operation room, governor Tim Walz said he was "cautiously optimistic they will survive this assassination attempt".
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