ATF official ‘absolutely’ confident suspect in Minnesota lawmaker shootings will be caught soon

The manhunt for the Minnesota gunman accused of shooting 2 Democratic lawmakers and their spouses successful their abstracted homes stretched into a 2nd time Sunday, arsenic Fox News is told authorities are "exploring each avenues." 

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for accusation starring to the seizure of the suspect, identified arsenic 57-year-old Vance L. Boelter. He is accused of shooting and sidesplitting erstwhile Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, successful their Brooklyn Park location aboriginal Saturday. State Sen. John Hoffman, besides a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were changeable and wounded successful their Champlin location astir 9 miles away. 

ATF Special Agent-in-Charge for the St. Paul Field Division, Travis Riddle, told Fox News helium is "absolutely" assured the alleged shooter volition beryllium recovered soon. 

"I privation to talk connected behalf of all ATF members erstwhile I accidental that we each grieve the victims of this senseless tragedy. As acold arsenic wherever we basal astatine this point, we're inactive actively seeking the fishy successful conjunction with our local, authorities and national partners," Riddle said during an quality connected "Fox & Friends" aboriginal Sunday. "Potentially, there's ever a threat. He is considered equipped and dangerous. At this point, we don't cognize what his entree is to further weapons." 

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Authorities reportedly stopped a conveyance carrying Boelter’s wife, arsenic good arsenic 3 different relatives, adjacent Onamia, Minn., connected Saturday, according to KSTP. The outlet reported that a weapon, ammunition, currency and passports were recovered from the vehicle. The woman was reportedly detained for questioning but has not been placed nether arrest. It's unclear whether she was inactive successful custody arsenic of Sunday morning. 

Riddle told Fox News aboriginal Sunday that the probe remains ongoing arsenic authorities are "exploring each avenues." 

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for accusation starring to the apprehension and condemnation of Vance L. Boelter, the fishy successful Saturday's targeted shootings of Minnesota lawmakers and their families successful Champlin and Brooklyn Park.  (FBI)

He besides condemned the shootings arsenic governmental violence. 

"The convulsive battle targeting the Minnesota legislature is profoundly troubling and is wholly unacceptable," Riddle said. "Such acts of unit and intimidation endanger our ideology and person perfectly nary spot successful our governmental strategy oregon successful our communities." 

Hundreds of instrumentality enforcement officers are moving to find the suspect, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Drew Evans said astatine the latest quality league Saturday. 

Boelter is described arsenic a 57-year-old White antheral lasting astatine astir six-foot-one-inches gangly and weighing astir 220 pounds, with brownish hairsbreadth and brownish eyes. He was past seen connected Saturday greeting astatine a "business location" successful the Twin Cities country wearing a light-colored cowboy chapeau with a dark-colored long-sleeved garment oregon overgarment and airy pants and carrying a acheronian bag, Evans said. Investigators judge the fishy is moving to fly the area. 

If spotted, the nationalist should dial 911 and not attack the suspect.

Authorities said a manifesto was besides recovered astatine the scene, but Evans said it would beryllium premature to accidental precisely what the information would beryllium based connected those writings. 

Riddle said investigators were capable to place Boelter arsenic the fishy based connected recognition near astatine the scene, and utilizing the eTrace strategy to place firearms besides near behind. 

Speaker Melissa Hortman and Senator John Hoffman  (AP Images)

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Boelter reportedly owns a information institution and was dressed arsenic a instrumentality enforcement serviceman erstwhile helium allegedly carried retired the shootings.

"Following the speech of gunfire astatine the 2nd residence erstwhile helium fled connected foot, determination was recognition that was located connected the country that helped america ID the suspect," Riddle said. 

"When officers arrived, they exchanged gunfire with the suspect, and they didn't person the location surrounded," Riddle said, explaining however the fishy had fled the scene. "There was lone a mates of officers who responded, truthful portion they were seeking screen and besides trying to render assistance to victims, the fishy was capable to fly from the residence undetected."  

"He got lucky," Riddle said. "I don't deliberation his tactical expertise would person surpassed instrumentality enforcement response."

Officials person not disclosed a imaginable motive for the shootings. 

Both targeted lawmakers had crossed enactment lines to ballot against continuing escaped healthcare for amerciable immigrants days earlier. 

Authorities besides said "No Kings" fliers were recovered successful the suspect's vehicle. 

Law enforcement officers including section police, sheriffs and the FBI, signifier little than a mile from a shooting successful Brooklyn Park, Minn. connected Saturday, June 14, 2025.  (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)

President Donald Trump said Saturday helium had been briefed connected what helium called the "terrible shooting that took spot successful Minnesota, which appears to beryllium a targeted onslaught against State Lawmakers."

He said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI are investigating the concern and "will beryllium prosecuting anyone progressive to the fullest grade of the law."

"Such horrific unit volition not beryllium tolerated successful the United States of America," Trump wrote connected TRUTH Social. "God Bless the large radical of Minnesota, a genuinely large place!"

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., whose husband, Paul Pelosi, was injured successful a 2022 hammer attack astatine their California location portion the talker emerita was successful Washington, D.C., past year, besides reacted to the Minnesota shooting.

"Paul and I are heartbroken by targeted shootings successful the homes of MN Senator Hoffman, Speaker Emerita Hortman and their spouses which are a shocking and abhorrent manifestation of governmental unit successful our country," Pelosi wrote connected X Saturday night. "Unfortunately, we cognize the calamity of erstwhile governmental unit hits location precise well. All of america indispensable retrieve that it’s not lone the enactment of violence, but besides the absorption to it, that tin normalize it."

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"This clime of politically motivated unit indispensable end," she said. "Our prayers spell retired to the families of the victims, their friends and supporters successful Minnesota with the certainty that the assassin successful this heinous enactment volition beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law."