The suspect accused of assassinating a Minnesota state representative and her husband reportedly wrote a letter blaming Governor Tim Walz (D) for the killings. Sources told Alpha News that Vance Boelter’s so-called “confession letter” was addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel, the outlet reported on Friday.
Law enforcement discovered the handwritten letter inside a Buick that Boelter purchased just hours after he allegedly shot Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, and fatally shot Minnesota legislator and Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Boelter has been charged with the murders of Hortman and her husband, as well as the shootings of Hoffman and his wife, both of whom are recovering.
According to charging documents, per Alpha News, the handwritten note signed “Dr. Vance Luther Boelter” was found, in which Boelter acknowledged that he was the “shooter at large in Minnesota involved in the 2 shootings.”
The Minnesota Star Tribune reported that the “incoherent, one and a half pages long, confusing and hard to read” letter included the claim he was instructed “to kill U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar so that Walz could run for the U.S. Senate” and in it Boelter also claimed “he had been trained by the U.S. military off the books.”
Hennepin County Attorney spokesperson Daniel Borgertpoepping told the outlet, “We will state only that we have seen no evidence that the allegations regarding Governor Walz are based in fact.” Walz reportedly appointed the suspect to the state’s Workforce Development Board in 2019, per Breitbart News.
Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office just shared this image on social media, reportedly showing the arrest of Boelter just minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/OWNy9487MP
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A statewide manhunt led to Boelter’s arrest on Sunday in Green Isle, located nearly 60 miles from Brooklyn Park, where Hortman and her husband were killed in their home, Breitbart News reported. Following the killings, the Minnesota State Patrol warned people not to attend local anti-Trump “No Kings” protests after flyers for the event were found in the suspect’s car.
