The madman who killed a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband — and seriously injured another pol in a botched assassination attempt — had stacks of “No Kings” flyers in his car, police revealed.
A massive stack of the flyers were found in the car that the suspect had outfitted to look like an SUV police cruiser, and ditched when cops caught him moments after he slaughtered former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.
The chilling handwritten notes simply said “No Kings” in reference to the nationwide anti-Trump protests planned for Saturday, including several across the North Star State.
The gunman was identified by police sources as Vance Boelter. MNAfricansUnited/Facebook
A massive stack of the flyers were found in the car that the suspect had outfitted to look like an SUV police cruiser. APThe gunman — identified by police sources as Vance Boelter — is still on the loose, prompting officials to implore the Minnesotans to stay home instead.
“Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution,” state patrol said in a statement.
“The photo is of flyers inside the vehicle of the suspect in today’s shootings,” said the post with a picture of a pile of seemingly photocopied papers on the seat of a car.
Former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were gunned down in their home. Melissa Hortman/Facebook
Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured in a similar shooting at their home a couple miles away from Hortman. John Hoffman/FacebookDespite the discovery, there is no confirmed link between the gunman and the No Kings event, according to state patrol Col. Christina Bogojevic.
Organizers of the protests in parts of Minnesota canceled their events in the wake of the tragedy, which unfolded around 2 a.m.
The gunman first targeted state Sen. John Hoffman, pumping multiple bullets into him and his wife inside their Champlin home before moving on to Hortman’s house about five miles away in Brooklyn Park.
People take part in a “No Kings” protest in Bethesda, Maryland, on the outskirts of Washington in defiance of President Trump. AFP via Getty ImagesThe shooter had just slaughtered the Democrat and her husband when police arrived at the scene. Gunfire was exchanged, but the gunman escaped on foot.
Follow the latest on the arrest of suspected Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter:
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- Wife of accused Minnesota lawmaker assassin Vance Boelter says family was ‘completely blindsided’ by husband’s politically-motivated violence
The killer was dressed in a vest, blue pants and blue shirt and carrying a badge and Taser, and had outfitted his SUV with lights to appear like a cop.
Gov. Tim Walz had planned to speak at one scheduled anti-Trump rally in St. Paul, professing in an appearance at the Center for American Progress in Washington a day earlier that “the world is on fire under his watch.”
He backed out of the event shortly before it was canceled.
