
A man named Vance Boelter reportedly shot and killed Melissa Hortman, a democratic Minnesota state representative, and her husband Mark Hortman at her home at some point early on Saturday morning while, according to a bill, to overthrow a police officer. He also reportedly shot state senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman at their home. They live, but remain in a critical state.
Bills said they found a manifesto and hit list In the car of an alleged suspect, who included politicians, abortion suppliers and pro-abortion rights. There were also reportedly flyers in his car for the protest “no kings” against President Donald Trump, which took place in cities across the United States on Saturday.
The 57-year-old who was identified as the suspected shooter according to Numerous reportsManaging an armed security service with his wife, and was affiliated with at least one gospel organization, a ministry, which he also ran with his wife, in a tax -archive revised by Wired. (His wife could not be immediately reached for comment.) According to public records and filed websites revised by Wired, the suspect served for a time as president of Revoformation Ministries. A version of the Ministry’s website captured in 2011 carries a biography, in which he was reportedly ordered in 1993.
According to an archived website for the ministry revised by Wired, the missionary work of the suspected gunman led him to Gaza and the West Bank during the second intifada, where, the site states, he “sought military Islamists to share the gospel and tell them that violence is not the answer.”
A later version of the site was designed, according to an archived copy, by an Israeli website project company J-Town. Charlie Kalech, Director General of J-Town, tells Wired that the alleged suspect was, in his memory, “clearly religious and evangelical. He had many ideas to make the world a better place.” The suspect that Kalech said was “nothing but me pleasant,” I commissioned J township, recalled Kalech, because they are Jerusalem, and he said he wanted to support Israel.
Facebook -Profile under the name of the suspected shooter was briefly seen by Wired before it was taken off. His profile showed him to “like” several evangelical missionary organizations, as well as pages honoring Reinhard Bonnke, a German Pentecost evangelist known for missions in several African countries, and Smith Wigglesworth, a British evangelist, who influenced the Pentecost movement. He also “liked” the alliance defending freedom, a conservative legal recommended organization known for his hard attitudes against abortion and LGBT rights.
The suspected shooter also appears to be the director of security patrols at Praetorian Guard Security Services, a security company manages the areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul, whom he founded with his wife Jenny. The company advertises residential security patrols and uniformed security patrols. “We only offer armed security. If you are looking for unarmed guards, please work with another service to meet your needs better,” states the “red lines” section of the company’s website. The site also states that their “guards” carry the “best personal protection equipment that money can buy.”