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IN CUSTODY: Suspected Political Assassin Captured After Intense Manhunt

posted by Hannity Staff - 6.16.25

According to a New York Post report, Vance Luther Boelter, who is suspected of murdering a Minnesota state lawmaker and wounding another, has been taken into custody after an intense manhunt over the weekend.

From The New York Post:

Boelter, a 57-year-old former appointee of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was sought by police for allegedly wounding Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, and killing former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.

“After a two-day manhunt and two sleepless nights, law enforcement have apprehended Vance Boelter,” Walz said during a press briefing.

The armed accused killer was taken into custody without incident in a rural, wooded area in Sibley County, southwest of Minneapolis, after authorities received a tip about a possible sighting hours earlier, state officials announced Sunday night.

Officers from multiple agencies, including SWAT teams, combed the area for hours and were assisted by helicopters using infrared cameras and drones, officials said.

It was a resident’s trail camera he passed in a rural town that tripped him up, according to the Star Tribune.

“Most of the search had concluded then,” Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said. “But the trail cam picture alerted SWAT teams to go to the area, search a perimeter and with the help of drones, identify his location.”

Boelter’s capture ended the “largest manhunt in the state’s history,” which lasted around 43 hours, involved at least 200 officers and utilized a federal, state and local partnership, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley told reporters.

He was ultimately arrested in a field, where he “crawled” to the arresting officers and was taken into custody without any use of force, authorities said.

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