Suspected assassin Vance Boelter wanted to take out several A-list Democrats, a chilling hit list seized by police has suggested.
Boelter, 57, is accused of shooting dead Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, in their home on Saturday. He is also suspected of shooting and wounding state Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette at their home a few miles away.
But the alleged killer seemingly planned to target more liberal lawmakers and abortion providers, according to a list of about 70 names recovered from the crime scene.
US Senator Amy Klobuchar and 'squad member' Rep. Ilhan Omar were among the most prominent lawmakers featured on the list, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune and Alpha News reporter Liz Collins. Both women are Democrat members of Congress and are among the most famous females in their party.
Congresswoman Kelly Morrison, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and even Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott - whom Boelter listed as an 'author and philanthropist,' were also on the list.
All four are well-known liberal figures.
The suspect included doctors that work for Planned Parenthood, as well as several abortion clinics on his list, even noting one that is due to open in Omaha, Nebraska.
Boelter, a former public servant and Gov. Tim Walz appointee, was apprehended and taken into Hennepin County custody Sunday night after two days on the run.
He is now facing two state murder charges as well as two attempted murder charges, and a federal warrant for 'unlawful flight to avoid prosecution'.
Department of Justice officials are also mulling federal charges against Boelter, a source told CNN Monday morning. If convicted on a federal murder or terrorism charge, Boelter could end up being executed.
Vance Luther Boelter, the man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, as he was arrested late Sunday, June 15, 2025
Chilling photos showed the suspect donning an unsettling costume mask covering his entire head during the shootings
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans, who confirmed investigators found the manifesto during a Sunday night news briefing, said the document 'gives some indications' about Boelter's motives.
'This is not a document that would be like a traditional manifesto that's a treatise on all kinds of ideology and writings,' Evans explained, according to the Star Tribune.
He said it was instead a notebook 'with a lot of lawmakers and others ... as opposed to a succinct document'.
'I don't want the public to have the impression that there's this long manifesto that's providing all of this information and details and then associated with names. It's much more about names,' Evans added.
But Boelter, now a Donald Trump supporter, is believed to have targeted Hortman and Hoffman due to their support for abortion rights.
The suspect's roommate also revealed Boelter texted him the night before the murders, saying he was 'going to be gone for a while'.
Boelter's best friend and roommate David Carlson tearfully read aloud text messages from the accused assassin to KARE 11.
'David and Ron, I love you guys,' the eerie note began. 'I made some choices, and you guys don't know anything about this, but I'm going to be gone for a while.'
He also said he 'may be dead shortly' and did not wish to involve Carlson or his other roommate Ron Ramsey.
Boelter is scheduled to appear in court Monday at 1:30 p.m. local time, jail records showed.
Boelter is accused of fatally shooting Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark (pictured)
He also allegedly wounded his Democratic State Senator John Hoffman
Boelter had been impersonating a police officer when he carried out the shootings on Sunday night. He was wearing an officer's uniform and driving a Ford SUV with police-style lights, a criminal complaint said.
He allegedly entered Hoffman and his wife Yvette's home around 2 a.m. by posing as a cop and opened fire.
Police were called to the scene of the home by one of their children, after Yvette went down trying to protect her adult daughter Hope. The couple were rushed to the hospital.
When Brooklyn Park police then realized Hoffman was a state legislator, they deployed other officers to the Hortman residence out of precaution, according to court documents obtained by The Minnesota Star Tribune.
By the time the officers arrived at around 3am, they noticed Boelter's vehicle was already in the driveway, and watched as he fatally struck Mark Hortman, the charging documents claim.
Officers encountered Boelter fleeing Hortman's home at 3.35am and exchanged gunfire with him. Chilling photos showed the suspect donning an unsettling costume mask covering his entire head.
Yet officers somehow let the suspect slip through their fingers as he escaped the scene on foot. He was allegedly heavily armed at the time.
Minnesota State Patrol, SWAT teams, and a US Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrived in a dozen or more vehicles including heavily armored trucks about 11am on Sunday
Authorities questioned Boelter's wife, Jenny, who was stopped at a convenience store while driving a car with three other relatives inside near Onamia about 10am on Saturday
Following the fatal shooting, authorities questioned Boelter's wife, Jenny, who was stopped at a convenience store while driving a car with three other relatives inside near Onamia about 10am on Saturday.
She was found with a weapon, ammunition, cash, and passports about 75 miles from where the shootings took place in northern Minneapolis eight hours earlier.
More than a dozen officers swarmed Jenny's car during the traffic stop and they were at the scene for two to three hours.
Jenny was detained for questioning after officers found the items inside the vehicle; however, no one was arrested as she was released.
Authorities have since said she and other family members were cooperative with the investigation. But it remains unclear whether her vehicle was stopped randomly or being tracked by police.
One day later, officers searched Boelter's SUV after the shootings and discovered three AK-47 assault rifles, a 9-mm handgun, and the list of other public officials including their addresses; the criminal complaint showed.
Working on a tip that Boelter was near his home in the city of Green Isle, more than 20 SWAT teams combed the area aided by surveillance aircraft officials said.
Boelter was armed but surrendered with no shots fired.
Hortman and her husband Mark were then fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park about 3am on Saturday
Officers then encountered the gunman fleeing Hortman's home at 3.35am and exchanged gunfire with him
The Sibley County Sheriff's Office also told Fox News Boelter 'verbally' identified himself to authorities, and Lt. Jeremy Geiger of the Minnesota State Patrol said authorities did not have to use any force to detain Boelter.
The suspect was then pictured being handcuffed as the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office wrote that he is 'the face of evil.'
Boelter has armed security experience in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and North America through the Praetorian Guard Security Services; his biography on the website detailed.
'He brings a great security aspect forged by both many on-the-ground experiences combined with training by both private security firms and by people in the US Military,' it read.
'Vance Boelter has focused all this experience to make sure Praetorian Guard Security Services covers the needs you have to keep your family and property safe.'
Boelter had also lived a life of public service before Saturday's tragedies; he even served on the Governor's Workforce Development Board which works closely with Gov. Tim Walz to give advice on state workforce.
He served on board from June 2016 to June 2018 as private sector representative and from December 2019 to January 2023 as board member.
He was appointed under Walz both times.
Additionally, Boelter was chief executive Red Lion Group based Democratic Republic Congo.
Red Lion Group has since deleted its website LinkedIn pages but Boelter's LinkedIn said he started company December 2021.
Boelter previously worked Metro First Call funeral company Minneapolis August 2023 February 2025 where took bodies nursing homes business prepared burial.
He said video posted online that worked police death investigators crime scenes.
Boelter updated LinkedIn month ago say returned U.S. looking work food industry corporate side.
He had previously worked 7-Eleven Greencore general manager; system manager Del Monte Foods; operational leader Johnsonville Sausage according LinkedIn.
The social media page also shows his deep connections to politics as he asked his followers vote ahead 2020 election.
Privately,Boe lter was an avid Trump supporter voted Republican candidate Carlson told KARE11 about roommate.
A memorial sits outside the Minnesota State Capitol in honor of murdered Democratic state Assemblywoman Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark
Residents left flowers and American flags in Hortman's memory
He also described the suspect as a Christian who opposed abortion.
In fact, the suspect worked as a pastor and was seen in a newly unearthed video dancing in a church service in Africa.
The clip, filmed in February 2023, showed him delivering a passionate testimony about how he met Jesus at the age of 17.
'I met the Lord when I was 17 years old and I gave my life to Jesus Christ,' he says in the clip.
He went on to describe naming his five children - who he shares with Jenny - after Christian virtues: Grace; Faith; Hope; Joy; David—in what he calls a testament to God's blessings on his life.
Still,Carlson said he doesn't 'know why he did what he did.'
'It's just...it's not Vance...He had lots of friends trust me; I wish could have been there stop him.'