In the Buick sedan Vance Boelter left on a rural road outside Minneapolis, law enforcement found a letter addressed to the FBI identifying himself as “the shooter at large in Minnesota.”
Police have also found a Ford SUV belonging to Boelter, filled with weapons, notebooks full of website names and other resources suggesting he stalked his victims, and a list of some 70 politicians that authorities say he also targeted.
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But nowhere have they found an explanation for why Boelter allegedly killed state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounded two others, according to federal charges brought by the Department of Justice Monday (June 16).
While some, including Utah Sen. Mike Lee, have tried to tie the killings to radical left elements (“This is what happens When Marxists don’t get their way,” Lee posted on social media), others have portrayed Boelter as a Christian nationalist.
Boelter reportedly had ties with Christ for the Nations, an influential school among nondenominational charismatic Christians.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Bob Smietana and originally published by Religion News Service.
