Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect had cache of weapons, hit list in vehicle, court documents show

Vance Boelter, the fishy charged with sidesplitting a Minnesota authorities lawmaker and her hubby and wounding a 2nd lawmaker and his wife, had an arsenal of weapons and a deed database successful his vehicle, according to tribunal documents.

Boelter, 57, allegedly posed arsenic a constabulary serviceman and drove a Ford SUV, registered successful his name, equipped with constabulary lights to transportation retired the shootings of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, aboriginal Saturday greeting astatine their Brooklyn Park location successful Minneapolis aft allegedly shooting State Sen. John Hoffman, besides a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, successful their adjacent Champlin location successful a related attack. 

Boelter near the fake constabulary conveyance astatine the transgression country successful Brooklyn Park aft exchanging gunfire with constabulary and escaping, a transgression ailment issued by the Hennepin County District Court said.

Inside the vehicle, constabulary recovered a disturbing cache of weapons, including astatine slightest 3 AK-47 battle rifles and a 9mm handgun, on with a manifesto that listed the names and addresses of different nationalist officials. 

SUSPECTED MINNESOTA LAWMAKER ASSASSIN VANCE BOELTER CAPTURED

(L-r) Minnesota lawmaker shooting fishy Vance Boelter arrested; Mugshot of Vance Boelter.  (Ramsey County Sheriff's Office; Hennepin County Jail)

About 70 names were recovered successful the manifesto, according to 2 instrumentality enforcement officials who spoke to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity. Officials said the database besides included the names of termination rights advocates and accusation astir healthcare facilities.

Police portion blocks disconnected the location of Minnesota authorities Rep. Melissa Hortman, Sunday, June 15, 2025, successful Brooklyn Park, Minn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Former congressman Dean Phillips claimed successful a station connected X that his sanction was connected the database recovered successful Boelter’s car.

"As idiosyncratic whose sanction was connected his list, I widen heartfelt gratitude to Minnesota’s instrumentality enforcement professionals," Phillips wrote. "Now, we indispensable instrumentality steps to forestall governmental unit earlier it’s excessively late."

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Boelter was captured Sunday nighttime pursuing a two-day manhunt that officials called the largest successful the state’s history.

Members of instrumentality enforcement agencies stitchery connected a roadworthy wherever a conveyance suspected of belonging to the shooting suspect, Vance Boelter, was recovered Sunday, June 15, 2025, successful Belle Plaine, Minnesota. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Authorities did not springiness a motive arsenic they announced Boelter's arrest.

This combo of photos provided by the Minnesota Legislature shows, from left, Senator John A. Hoffman and Rep. Melissa Hortman.  (Minnesota Legislature via AP)

The Hennepin County District Court issued a transgression ailment charging Boelter with 4 felony counts of second-degree execution with intent (not premeditated).

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All charges are felonies, and each carries a maximum condemnation of 40 years successful prison, with a mandatory minimum of 3 years owed to the usage of a firearm.

Fox News Digital’s Audrey Conklin and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News’ Bill Melugin, Matt Finn and Brooke Taylor, on with The Associated Press, contributed to this report.