Killing Libruls Fer JEE-zuss

[Tecumsehsbones]

The gunman suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses worked for an armed home security company and had done security work overseas, while also proselytizing to bring Christianity to “Islamic militants,” according to a digital trail that includes federal tax documents and his own websites and profiles.

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Vance Luther Boelter, who is accused of impersonating a police officer and targeting two Democratic state lawmakers at their homes Saturday in an act of politically motivated violence.

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed, while state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were critically injured.

Boelter, 57, was last seen in Minneapolis on Saturday morning and should be considered armed and dangerous, police said. He is about 6-foot-1 and 220 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, and is thought to be working to leave the Twin Cities area. Images of Boelter captured Saturday morning show him wearing a light-colored cowboy hat, dark long-sleeved shirt or jacket, light-colored pants and dark sneakers.

Link (paywalled, but the important part's here)

 

[Taxslave2]

My religion is better than yours.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

My religion is better than yours.

Better shot, anyhow.

 

[Taxslave2]

Something to think about.
Would this have happened with open carry laws? Or would that be too far removed from the thought process of a fanatic to matter?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Something to think about.
Would this have happened with open carry laws? Or would that be too far removed from the thought process of a fanatic to matter?

Depends. What do you mean by "open carry laws?" Laws permitting open carry but forbidding concealed carry? Laws forbidding open carry?

Meh, either way, wouldn't have made any difference.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I don't think open carry would have any effect. He posed as a police officer and usually even in open carry states, shooting police officers is frowned upon.

 

[pgs]

Link (paywalled, but the important part's here)

Tim Waltz Beaty

 

[Ron in Regina]

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed, while state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were critically injured?

I didn’t realize it was two couples, I’d only heard about the one and that they were both wounded, as in assassination “attempts” & I even joked that now Elon Musk can sponsor them politically. Ugh…

 

[spaminator]

though the shooter would have been placated with the trumptychrist victory.

 

[spaminator]

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed, while state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were critically injured?

I didn’t realize it was two couples, I’d only heard about the one and that they were both wounded, as in assassination “attempts” & I even joked that now Elon Musk can sponsor them politically. Ugh…

no worries. politicians will never be endangered.

 

[Taxslave2]

Didn't Socrates have something to say about this? Or was it just lawyers?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Yes, that's what the great William Socrates said in his play Henry VI, Part 2.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Around 7 p.m. Sunday, a Sibley County resident reported that their trail camera captured an image that “was consistent with Boelter,” according to Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher, who had SWAT officers and deputies deployed to the area. “The trail cam picture alerted SWAT teams to go to that area, secure a perimeter, and with the help of drones, identify his location.”

Fletcher said that for about an hour Boelter attempted to evade arrest, but eight teams crawled in ditches to corral him.

Lt. Col. Jeremy Geiger of the State Patrol said Boelter surrendered without any use of force by law enforcement.

48-hour manhunt caps intense weekend following lawmaker shootings — The Minnesota Star Tribune

Authorities had searched woods and farm fields looking for Vance Boelter as anxiety reigned across the state.

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A criminal complaint against Boelter was quickly filed Sunday night detailing that officers saw him shoot and kill Mark Hortman. Boelter was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.