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The Latest Development’s From the Weekend’s Shootings
Over the past few days, we’ve learned a bit more about what authorities believe happened early Saturday morning when Vance Boelter allegedly shot and killed DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. Both MPR News and the Star Tribune (gift link) have assembled timelines of the events leading up to and following the shooting.
We have a list of the five guns Boelter brought in his SUV, and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has requested to be the first to prosecute the shootings. Just this afternoon, Rep. Kristin Bahner (DFL-Maple Grove) identified her home as the fourth and final lawmaker residence where Boelter allegedly stopped during his early morning spree; Sen. Ann Rest (DFL-New Hope) announced hers was the third earlier this week.
Still, questions remain: What was Boelter’s motive, and how long had he been plotting the attack? Did anyone help him, especially when he was hiding out from police during the manhunt? Did a Brooklyn Park police sergeant really end up at the Hortmans’ home on “a hunch”?…