Suspect identified in Minnesota lawmaker shooting had ‘No Kings’ flyers in his car

Police are seeking a man who was a former appointee of Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in connection with the shooting of two state lawmakers and their spouses. 

Walz has stated that the shooting was politically motivated. On its social media account, the Minnesota State Patrol posted photos of flyers that were found in the assassin's vehicle. The flyers had the words “No Kings" on them, a reference to protests planned across the country on Saturday. The patrol asked the public not to attend protests in Minnesota "out of an anbundance of caution."  

Citing police sources, the New York Post reported that Vance Luther Boelter allegedly posed as a police officer Saturday when he shot Sen. John Hoffman, his wife, Yvette, and former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. Hortman and her husband died, while Hoffman and his wife are expected to survive. 

In 2019, Walz appointed Boelter, 57, to serve on the Governor's Workforce Development Board, according to The Post.