Alleged Minnesota Lawmaker Shooter Claimed Tim Walz Instructed Him to Kill 2 Senators

The particular person accused of murdering a Minnesota politician and critically injuring one different left a handwritten letter to FBI director Kash Patel, confessing to the shootings and claiming Minnesota governor Tim Walz approached him about killing 2 U.S. Senators … a minimum of in step with federal prosecutors.

Vance Boelter was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Minnesota on murder and stalking costs inside the killing of State Guide Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman.

Performing United States Lawyer for the District of Minnesota Joseph Thompson said the incident was a “political assassination, the likes of which have on no account occurred proper right here inside the state of Minnesota.”

Thompson reported investigators found a handwritten bear in mind addressed to Patel in a automotive Boelter abandoned near his home … throughout which Boelter claims he had “been educated by the U.S. navy off the books” and carried out missions in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

What’s additional, Thompson said inside the letter Boelter claimed Walz — who was Kamala Harris‘ working mate inside the 2024 election — approached him about killing Minnesota’s two Democratic Senators, Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar.

Thompson said the letter was delusional and pure fantasy.

As … Boelter is suspected of dressing up as a police officer to get the Hortmans to open their doorways sooner than taking photos them. The feds say he moreover went to totally different lawmakers’ properties the an identical night.

The shootings sparked a manhunt that lasted for two days until Boelter was arrested in rural Inexperienced Isle, Minnesota.