The Halloween mask-wearing suspect in Saturday’s ‘politically motivated assassinations’ in Minnesota is believed to have left the area, as the FBI announced a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to his whereabouts and released a chilling image from the murders.
State Representative Melissa Hortman was shot along with fellow Democrat State Senator John Hoffman in a chilling assassination spree in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Hortman and her husband were tragically killed, while Hoffman and his wife suffered serious injuries and were raced to emergency surgery, but officials say they are ‘cautiously optimistic’ they will recover.
The suspect has been identified as 57-year-old Vance Boelter – an employee of security company Praetorian Guard Security, where he works as the director of security patrols, according to the website.
Investigators believe Boelter is attempting ‘to potentially flee’ the Twin Cities – Minneapolis and St. Paul, The Washington Post reported.
Minnesota authorities have released several photographs of the suspected gunman, including him wearing a Halloween-type mask during the shootings.
A chilling ‘manifesto’ listing nearly 70 names was discovered inside the suspect’s vehicle – which appeared to be disguised to resemble a police car – along with flyers for the anti-Trump ‘NO KINGS’ nationwide rallies.
Minnesota authorities admitted they let the gunman – who shot Rep. Hortman and her husband dead – slip away, despite engaging him in a firefight immediately after the murders at around 4am local time Saturday.
The first shooting occurred just after 2am at Hoffman’s home in Champlin, about 20 miles from Minneapolis. Hoffman and his wife were shot multiple times and are reportedly stable following surgery.
The second attack took place at around 4am at Hortman’s Brooklyn Park residence, about eight miles south.