The Minnesota assaults started round 2am on Saturday (3pm, Singapore time), when a gunman sporting a police-style tactical vest knocked on the Hoffmans’ door in Champlin, introduced himself as a police officer after which shot the couple a number of instances inside, in line with prosecutors.
He was driving an SUV outfitted with police-style lights and a faux license plate that learn “POLICE.”
Boelter then traveled to the house of one other state lawmaker in Maple Grove, the place he rang the doorbell at 2.24am (3.24pm, Singapore time), Thompson mentioned. The official was not residence on the time.
Boelter additionally visited the house of a legislator in New Hope, prosecutors mentioned. A New Hope officer, dispatched to the home to conduct a wellness examine after police realized of the Hoffman taking pictures, took Boelter, who was parked outdoors, to be one other police officer and pulled up subsequent to him.
“He simply sat there and stared straight forward,” Thompson mentioned of Boelter. The responding officer went to the door to attend for extra officers, and Boelter had left by the point they arrived, prosecutors mentioned.
Shortly after, police went to the Hortmans’ home in Brooklyn Park as a precaution. The coming officers noticed the suspect shoot Mark Hortman by way of an open door round 3.35 am (4.35pm, Singapore time) and exchanged hearth with him earlier than he fled on foot out the again door, in line with prosecutors.
Melissa Hortman was already lifeless inside.
When police searched Boelter’s SUV after the shootings, they found three AK-47 assault rifles, a 9-mm handgun, a gold police-style badge and the goal listing, in line with authorities.
