Boelter, Minnesota
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Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, appointed Boelter as a private-sector representative to the nonpartisan Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016. Gov. Tim Walz, also a DFLer, reappointed Boelter for another four years in 2019; Boelter lived in Inver Grove Heights at the time. His term expired in 2023.
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New York Magazine on MSNSuspected Assassin Visited 4 Lawmakers’ Homes During Attack: Live UpdatesThe manhunt is over. Suspected assassin Vance Boelter was arrested by authorities in Sibley County near his Green Isle home late Sunday night. He has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder.
Authorities allege Vance Boelter carefully planned his targets, but was thwarted by police checking on lawmakers’ safety.
A massive manhunt entered a second day on Sunday in Minnesota for the gunman who killed a Democratic state lawmaker while posing as a police officer, a crime that Governor Tim Walz characterized as a "politically motivated assassination.
Two senators say the shooting shows it's time to address how people's private information is sold and shared online.