STORY: Authorities in Minnesota said on Sunday (June 15) they had found the car of the suspect who killed a Democratic state lawmaker while posing as a police officer, a crime that Governor Tim Walz characterized as a "politically motivated assassination," and they were conducting a massive manhunt looking for the gunman.

The suspect, whom police identified as Vance Luther Boelter, 57, fled on foot early on Saturday when officers confronted him at the Brooklyn Park home of state Representative Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, who were both killed. The gunman earlier had shot and wounded another Democratic lawmaker, state Senator John Hoffman, and his wife Yvette at their home a few miles away, authorities said.

Authorities in Sibley County, about an hour by car southwest of Minneapolis, issued an alert on Sunday saying they had found the suspect's car in Faxon Township and instructing residents to keep their doors and cars locked, the county sheriff's office confirmed. Officers were searching residences in the area.

The location of the car is about four miles (6.4 km) east of Boelter's listed home address in Green Isle, also in Sibley County, which was searched by law enforcement officers on Saturday.

Authorities had not publicly identified a specific motive as of Saturday evening.

STORY: Police arrested a man on Sunday (June 15) who allegedly shot dead a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, according to ABC News, citing several sources.

ABC News said the man was arrested near his farm near Green Isle, Minnesota, but Minnesota Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the arrest.

The sheriff's office in Minnesota's Ramsey County posted a photo on social media on Sunday which appears to show the suspected gunman, Vance Luther Boelter, 57, in custody.

A massive manhunt has been underway following the shooting deaths of Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, which Governor Tim Walz characterised as a "politically motivated assassination."

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VIDEO SHOWS: POLICE IN RIOT GEAR AND POLICE VEHICLES SURROUNDING BLACK CAR BELONGING TO MINNESOTA LAWMAKER SHOOTING SUSPECT VANCE LUTHER BOELTER

SHOWS: SIBLEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 15, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. POLICE VEHICLE ARRIVING TO AREA WITH POLICE IN PROTECTIVE GEAR NEAR BLACK CAR BELONGING TO SUSPECT VANCE LUTHER BOELTER WITH DOORS AND TRUNK OPEN AND OBJECT ON GROUND BEHIND IT

2. WIDE OF SCENE WITH POLICE NEAR BLACK CAR

3. AREA RESIDENTS NEAR ROAD BLOCKED OFF BY POLICE

4. AREA RESIDENTS WATCHING POLICE ACTIVITY WITH BINOCULARS

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BEN WAGNER, AREA RESIDENT, SAYING:

"I feel safe. I'm not too worried about it. I mean, obviously, it's concerning but there's a huge police presence and I feel protected. Scary, but in the same sense, I'm not too scared."

6. WEGNER WATCHING POLICE ACTIVITY WITH BINOCULARS

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BEN WAGNER, AREA RESIDENT, SAYING:

"I haven't heard anything really. Just from Facebook and other alerts, just finding out that it's happening here. So that was kind of weird to see your street name being named, but haven't heard anything, haven't seen anything. I can see the car from here but, other than that, nothing."

8. POLICE IN PROTECTIVE GEAR WALKING ACROSS FIELD TOWARDS WOODED AREA

9. WHITE FLASH

10. POLICE DOG SNIFFING ITEMS NEAR CAR, DOG HEADING ACROSS FIELD

11. WHITE FLASH

12. POLICE WALKING TO CAR AND CLOSING DOORS

13. POLICE PUTTING ITEMS BEHIND CAR INTO TRUNK AND CLOSING IT

VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PHOTOGRAPH THAT APPEARS TO SHOW SUSPECTED GUNMAN, VANCE LUTHER BOELTER, IN CUSTODY

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EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PHOTOGRAPH WAS EDITED AT SOURCE

SHOWS: UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, UNITED STATES (RELEASED JUNE 15, 2025) (RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE VIA FACEBOOK - Must on-screen courtesy Ramsey County Sheriff's Office via Facebook) (MUTE)

1. STILL PHOTOGRAPH THAT APPEARS TO SHOW THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN, VANCE LUTHER BOELTER, IN CUSTODY