State Representative Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband Mark were shot and killed in their home Saturday morning. State Senator John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette, who were also targeted by the assassin and each shot multiple times, survived a similar attack in their home on Saturday morning.
The man suspected of attacking Hortman and Hoffman is 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, who was appointed by Walz in 2019 to serve a four-year term on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board. The alleged suspect is the head of Praetorian Guard Security Services, a Minnesota-based firm that offers clients uniformed security patrol, event security services, and licensed armed patrols in residential areas, according to its website.
Authorities are “cautiously optimistic” that the Hoffman family will survive.
Officials say that the suspect had a “manifesto” with a target list of “many other lawmakers and officials” in his vehicle, including Hortman and Hoffman. The list also included the names of Walz, U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D), Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and other state Democrats, along with abortion providers, ABC reported. Police are looking for a “white male, brown hair, wearing black body armor over blue shirt and blue pants.”
As information continues to flow out about Boelter and his background, the more questions I have. But, as my NARN colleague Mitch Berg's 18th Law declares, pretty much take everything with a grain of salt within the first 48 hours after such an incident.
Since I am taking a break from tomorrow's radio show, I agreed to appear on Mitch's program today from 1-3 and then guest co-hosted the Jack Tomczak Show 3-5. As such, I really don't have much more to say until there's any additional breaking news.
With that, here's the video to all four hours of today's programming on the Northern Alliance Radio Network.
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