“Politically motivated assassination”: Democratic US politician and husband shot | EUROtoday

The Democratic politician Melissa Hortman and her husband have been shot within the US state of Minnesota. Governor Tim Walz confirmed this at a press convention. He spoke of a “politically motivated attack”.

According to the authorities, the crime occurred within the early morning (native time) within the house of the couple within the metropolis of Brooklyn Park.

US President Donald Trump sharply condemned the deadly pictures. He described the crime as “probably a targeted attack on state employees”. The Federal Police FBI and Minister of Justice Pam Bondi have been entrusted with the investigation, it stated in an announcement from the White House, which was printed on platform X. “Such cruel violence is not tolerated in the United States,” stated Trump, and introduced that they’re pursuing all these concerned within the crime with the complete hardness of the regulation “.

The perpetrator pretended to be a police officer and was found on the escape list

In another attack in the nearby Champlin, another democrat from the state, John Hoffman, and his wife were seriously injured. According to the authorities, both are in medical treatment.

According to the information, the alleged perpetrator is fleeting. A large -scale search is running. The man is said to have pretended to be a police officer. At a confrontation with the police, he opened the fire and was able to escape. When searching the alleged escape car, investigators found a list of almost 70 other possible target persons. The security authorities then initiated additional protective measures for people on the list.

Public search started: new details about the suspect

The police have now started a public search after the alleged perpetrator. It is said to be the 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter. As the “New York Post” reports, the man sought in 2019 is said to have been appointed to the Committee on Personnel Development by Governor Tim Walz for a four -year term.

As the local television broadcaster KStP reported, the investigators are looking for a white man with brown hair, a black shot -proof vest over a blue shirt and blue pants.

According to the police, the alleged perpetrator’s vehicle was confiscated after the crime, so the man is now on foot on the run.

According to the report, Boelter leaflets, with the inscription “No Kings” in his automobile, had an allusion to the protests deliberate on Saturday in opposition to the Trump administration. According to the police, a “manifesto” and an inventory with the names of different politicians have been additionally discovered. Emergency companies are stated to have briefly pushed the shooters in Hortman’s home earlier than he was in a position to flee.