Minnesota officials label murder ‘political’ as questions remain about suspect’s politics

governor Tim WalzD-Men condemned the assassination of former Speaker of Minnesota Milisa Hortmann and her husband as political motives, but the questions about the political preferences of the suspect remain.

Minnesota governor immediately denounced what he said, “It appears to be an assassination with political motives,” after the attacks on Saturday morning.

Vans Luther Powlter, 57, is Murder Hortmann and her husband, Mark, and shooting Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Evit, in separate incidents on Saturday morning.

Legionships from Minnesota and through the United States have since joined Walza in condemning violent attacks. The politicians and authorities were clear that the Saturday’s attack had political motives, but they were less clear about the political preferences of the suspect.

The suspect on the legislator at Minnesota had a weapons cache, vehicle beating list, and court documents

American lawyer Joseph E said. Thompson on Monday that the primary motivation of Plitre It was “going out and killing people”, as the authorities announced the suspect’s fear on Monday after a Two days.

“Now, they were all elected officials,” Tomson said. “They were all democrats. Beyond that, I think it could be anyone who reviewed these materials to know and say what he was stimulating in terms of ideology or specific issues.”

who. Gov, thanks for the law enforcement for bringing the alleged killer to the parliament in the House

Potter, 57, is offered with Federal accusations After the officials of Sibli Province captured him on Sunday evening. He was charged with the two charges of pursuit, two charges of death and two charges of crimes related to firearms in the Federal Court. Boelter also faces second -degree murder, provided in Hennepin Province.

Melissa Hortmann, former head of the Minnesota home, Melissa Hortmann, launched on Saturday. (Glen Stop via Getti.)

Two thousand m. Winston, Undersecretary of the FBI, during a press conference on Monday: “Political violence has no place in this country.”

While Thompson said it was too early to define specific political motives, it was clear in his saying: “This was a political assassination.”

Tomson added, in light of two attempts to assassinate the president: “It is only the most important example of violent political extremism in this country.” Donald Trump Last year, the attack on the wife of former House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was at his home in San Francisco in 2022, and the shooting of the majority leader in Parliament Steve Scales, R. -La. , In the basement game in Congress in 2017, to name a few.

The records reveal a Politer recorder to vote as a Republican while living in Oklahoma in 2004 before moving to Minnesota, where voters do not include party affiliation.

Brooklyn Police chief Park Mark Broalli is speaking at a press conference held at the Mennisota Emergency Management Center after the arrest of Vans Powlet, the suspect in the assassination of Representative Melissa Hortmann and her husband and an attempt to assassinate Senator John Hoffman and his wife in Minnesota on June 15, 2025. (Christopher Mark Join/Anadolu)

Boelter was appointed by The workforce in Minnesota Development Board by two conservatives, According to Fox 9.

According to the suspect was appointed by Mark Dayton’s governor, a democratic, in 2016, he was re -was reassured by Walz in 2019 as a representative of the private sector in the council. He previously worked on the same painting as Hoffman before the end of his term in 2023.

Friends and former colleagues were interviewed Associated Press Potter described as a religious Christian who attended a predecessor church and attended Trump’s gatherings.

“He was to the right of politics but unprecedented, what I saw, just strong beliefs,” said Paul Schroeder, who was just strong beliefs, “he added.

Fox News found no results of individual contributions to federal registered political committees.

According to the Boelter’s LinkedIn page, it has a large -scale security background, including the CEO of the Red Lion group based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was also listed as director of the Guard Security Services, a security company provided by his wife to establish it, according to the company’s website.

Several AK firearms from the Boelter vehicle were recovered during the investigation, along with a pile of “No Kings” posts, reflecting Administrative protests to combat Trump It erupted throughout the country this weekend.

Walz had planned to speak at the “La Kings” gathering in Saint -Paul on Saturday before the assassination.

Federal prosecutors have released photos that they said were from Minnesota’s portable books to shoot at Vans Powlet suspected in a criminal complaint, June 16, 2025. (Ministry of Justice)

The authorities also I found a statement Which included the names and addresses of other public officials. About 70 names were found in the statement, according to law enforcement officials who spoke to the Associated Press, provided that his identity was not disclosed. The officials said the list also included names Politicians supporting abortionAdvocates of the rights of miscarriage and information about healthcare facilities.

Tomson said: “There were some supporters of abortion rights, I think, on the list.

Powlter Rafik Room He told the New York Post He had conservative political views, but he rarely talked about politics and did not seem politically publicly.

“He was a supporter of Trump,” said David Carlson. “He did not like abortion.”

Carlson said New York Times This Polater was facing the challenges of financial and mental health, and the publication told that he “gave up life for some reason.”

according to Wall Street MagazineOn Saturday, Carlson woke up to a text from Boelter that he “will disappear for a while” and “may be dead soon.”

“I thought he would harm the soul,” Carlson said. “I didn’t think he would do anything like this.”

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Walzel continued to condemn violence during a press conference on Monday.

“A moment in this country where we saw violence explodes. This cannot be the rule. It cannot be the way we deal with our political differences.”

Walz added in a statement that “we cannot be anesthetic to this violence, adding that we are” a nation divided deeply. “

Walz and the Office of the Prosecutor’s Office in Minnesota did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital.

This report contributed to this report from Fox News Digiter Stephen Soras, Michael Durgan, Julia Bonavita, Odre Konklin, Peter Dabosa and Sarah Rumf White.