On the early morning hours of the shooting incident in Minnesota, a man accused of murdering two state lawmakers and their spouses also visited the homes of two additional lawmakers during the attack sequence. Vance Luther Boelter, 57, is alleged to have impersonated a police officer, using a flashing emergency lights SUV with a license plate that read ‘police.’ Boelter is accused of killing state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, around 2 a.m. in Champlin, then fatally shooting Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in Brooklyn Park at 3:30 a.m. Authorities revealed at a Monday police briefing that Boelter visited the homes of two other lawmakers in between these shootings, but one of them was away on vacation and the other was intercepted by police.
Thompson, the acting U.S. attorney, explained that video surveillance showed Boelter ringing the doorbell at the state representative’s house at approximately 2:24 a.m. on Friday night. He was dressed as a law enforcement officer, wearing a tactical vest and body armor, carrying a handgun and a flashlight, and wearing a hyperrealistic silicon mask. Fortunately, the state representative was not home; she and her family were on vacation, so Boelter left. Ten minutes later, Boelter went to a home in New Hope, where a police officer was already on the scene and interacted with Boelter, who did not respond and eventually left. State Sen. Ann Rest released a statement on Monday, confirming that it was her home Boelter had tried to visit.
Rest expressed gratitude for the quick action of the police, crediting their