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Vance Boelter, 57, impersonated law enforcement when he carried out the violent rampage early Saturday, authorities said.
A manhunt ended after a man suspected in the killing on Saturday of a state lawmaker and her husband was arrested. Here is how the events unfolded.
Vance Boelter, the man accused of shooting two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses, was captured late Sunday in Sibley County after a sprawling two-day manhunt.
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Boelter was arrested in a field located in a rural part of Sibley County, in southwest Minneapolis, and he was being interviewed at a law enforcement facility, Drew Evans, the superintendent of the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said.
The capture of 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter ended a two-day manhunt that left a community on edge.
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According to ABC News, Boelter, 57, was arrested near his farm in Green Isle, Minnesota, after being spotted on a nearby trail via camera.
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Early Saturday morning, when a man dressed like a police officer knocked at the home of a Minnesota state legislator, marked the start of nearly 40 hours of violence and fear that swept through towns in an arc around Minneapolis.