List from Minnesota shooter had Illinois lawmakers’ names on it, officials say

(NBC CHICAGO) – Among the names on “lists” left behind by the gunman accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another were people from Illinois, officials investigating the crime told reporters.

The suspect, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, is accused of posing as a police officer and fatally shooting former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs. Authorities say he also shot Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette. They were injured at their residence about 9 miles away.

Boelter surrendered to police Sunday after they found him in the woods near his home following a massive manhunt that began early Saturday near Minneapolis…

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