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The wife of suspect Vance Boelter spoke out for the first time since two Minnesota state politicians and their spouses were shot, saying she and her family are “absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blindsided” by the violent incident that killed one couple and seriously injured the other. Boelter is accused of killing Melissa Hortman, a member of the Minnesota State House, and her husband, Mark, as well as injuring John Hoffman, a member of the Minnesota State Senate, and his wife in a separate shooting. He is facing state and federal charges including murder, firearms offenses and stalking, and could...

The wife of suspected assassin Vance Boelter has mysteriously disappeared after being caught fleeing with firearms, thousands in cash, and their children, the Daily Mail reported. Jenny Boelter, 51, president of the couple’s private security company, Praetorian Guard, vanished from public view just hours after her husband, Vance, launched a premeditated rampage that left two prominent Democrat politicians dead and two others fighting for their lives. The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Jenny Boelter was detained and questioned during a traffic stop that revealed a cache of alarming items in her possession, including a gun, ammunition, large amounts of cash,...

Boelter stands accused of carrying out a brazen and calculated attack, posing as a police officer to gun down two sitting state lawmakers: Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman. He also allegedly shot the lawmakers’ spouses in the ambush. Hoffman and his wife survived. Hortman and her husband did not. ... Boelter’s vehicle contained flyers emblazoned with the slogan “No Kings”—the same phrase we saw at anti-Trump protests across the country ... most striking is Boelter’s history with the state’s Democrat leadership. In 2019, Gov. Tim Walz appointed him to a four-year term on Minnesota’s Workforce Development Board. Before...

The wife of Vance Luther Boelter, Jennifer Boelter, was detained by police for questioning after a traffic stop late Saturday morning near Onamia, Minnesota. Her husband, Vance Boelter, is the subject of an intense manhunt and is suspected of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers—killing one—and injuring both of their spouses. Inside the vehicle, investigators reportedly found a weapon, ammunition, cash, and passports, according to two sources. As of late Saturday night, no arrests have been made, but all occupants of the vehicle are being questioned. It’s still unclear what led to the traffic stop—whether the vehicle was being tracked or...