Green Isle, Minnesota — The suspect in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses and the murder of one of those couples is in custody. Fifty-seven-year-old Vance Boelter — the subject of a 43-hour-long manhunt– was arrested near his home in Green Isle, Minnesota. It’s about 120 miles north of the Iowa border. Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Geiger of the Minnesota State Patrol spoke during a news conference late Sunday night.
Drew Evans, Superintendent of Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, says SWAT teams had surrounded Boelter in a field in southern Minnesota.
Evans says Boelter was armed at the time of his arrest. Mark Bruley (BROO-lee) is the police chief in Brooklyn Park, the Minneapolis suburb where the former speaker of the Minnesota House and her husband were murdered.
Minnesota officials say their investigation will continue to expand, as they compile evidence for state and perhaps federal trials. They’re also investigating whether anyone provided help to the suspect who was arrested about 60 miles from the Minneapolis suburbs where the shootings happened.
