Editor's note: The segment aired before the arrest of Vance Boelter was announced.
NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Flags on all New York government buildings will be flown at half-staff in honor of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, on Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul directed.
The two were killed in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday. Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were injured at their Champlin address, about 9 miles (about 15 kilometers) away.
“I join the State of Minnesota, family and loved ones in mourning the horrific loss of Representative Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman, and I am directing flags to be flown at half-staff in New York to honor Mr. and Ms. Hortman,” Gov. Hochul said. “We should be settling our political differences in civil means — like at the ballot box — because violence is never the answer.”
The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge, according to
Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening in a rural area in Sibley County, southwest of Minneapolis.
A criminal complaint unsealed Sunday night says Boelter, 57, faces two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder in the deaths of the Hortmans and the wounding of Hoffman and his wife.
Boelter is a former political appointee who served on the same state workforce development board as Hoffman, records show, though it was not clear if or how well they knew each other.
Around 6 a.m. Saturday, Boelter texted friends to apologize for his actions, though he didn’t say what he had done.
“I’m going to be gone for a while. May be dead shortly, so I just want to let you know I love you guys both and I wish it hadn’t gone this way,” he wrote in messages viewed by AP.
This story comprises reporting from The Associated Press.
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