I still don’t know what to think
about this reported friend of Vance Boelter, the suspected assassin of
Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who he shot and killed, along with
her husband, over the weekend. Boelter dressed like a police officer
during the attack.
He also shot State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife; both are expected
to survive. It led to a two-day manhunt. Boelter is a strange agent: he
worked at a private security firm where his wife, Jennifer, was CEO, had
ties to the Middle East and Africa, owned multiple homes, and then
commits this senseless rampage.
All of this is being shared by his friend and roommate David Carlson, whom he texted before the attacks (via NY Post):
Suspected
assassin Vance Boelter fronted a security firm his best friend said
never existed and experienced “struggles” after returning from a
three-year trip to Africa months before he allegedly turned his gun on a
pair of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.
Federal and state
authorities are on the hunt for Boelter, 57, who allegedly disguised
himself as a cop before executing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa
Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home early Saturday, just prior
to shooting and seriously wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his
wife, Yvette, in their house.
[…]
Friends and roommates described the accused gunman as a quiet but intelligent family man who rarely discussed politics.
But
behind the unassuming façade lurked hints of a growing trouble within,
which began after a three-year stint in the Democratic Republic of
Congo, where he claimed to have multiple business interests tied to his
security company, Red Lion Group.
“I thought his demeanor
[changed], he wasn’t as cheerful as he used to be. Since he got back
from Africa, I guess,” Boelter’s roommate and self-described best friend
David Carlson told The Post, adding he got back four months ago and
quit his job to go there.
And somehow, all of this led to a deranged rampage based on reported
anti-abortion tendencies. His friend also said he’s a Trump supporter.
We’ll see about that—we’ll circle back to that if police drop the
manifesto. Jennifer Boelter was detained by police over the weekend
after a traffic stop in Onamia, where a weapon, ammunition, cash, and
passports were found inside the car.
We'll keep you posted, but this story is off the rails.
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