He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

A viral post from a right-leaning social media user falsely identified a Houston man, notably the husband of a Democratic leader, as the suspect in a politically motivated shooting that left two Minnesota lawmakers dead and two others wounded.

Minnesota authorities are searching for Vance Luther Boelter, 57, accused of a politically motivated shooting that killed two lawmakers and injured two others. A former appointee of Governor Tim Walz,

Heavily armed and dressed in tactical armor with a silicone mask hiding his face and a police-style badge, Vance Boelter made a convincing police officer – so much so that a real police officer mistook him for a fellow cop.

Vance Boelter, 57, has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The Hennepin County Attorney said Monday that her office intends to pursue first-degree murder charges against him as well.

Suspected political assassin Vance Boelter’s stunning cache of guns and the rubber mask he allegedly used to allegedly carry out his twisted shootings were seen in new photos Monday.

Eric Rudolph hid in the North Carolina wilderness for years after he bombed Centennial Olympic Park, a gay nightclub, and two abortion clinics; Boelter lasted a mere weekend. Yet both men belong to the same lineage.

According to federal authorities, alleged Minnesota shooter Vance Boelter visited two more lawmakers’ homes in the early hours of Saturday.