Then a manhunt lasted two days by the man who killed the Democratic MemberMelissa Hortman and her husband in Minnesotaarrested on Sunday night (15.6.2025).
According to the New York Times and CBS News, 57 -year -old Vans Belter was arrested in a rural area of ​​Minnesota as part of a large investigation operation. The man is accused of killing MP Hortman and her husband on Saturday morning and also seriously injured another Democratic MP in Minneapolis, John Hofman, and his wife.
The Democratic Governor of the State Tim Walles will give a press conference. According to ABC News, Vans Belter, head of a private security company who committed the attacks wearing police uniforms, was arrested near his farm in Green Ail, Minnesota.
He had left on foot early on Saturday, when police approached him at the house of Broom and her husband in Brooklyn Park.
Hoffman underwent surgery as he was hit by nine bullets and approaching “every hour” closer to escape from the danger, his wife Ivet said in a message to the Democratic Federal Senator Amy Clabusar, who published it.
“We are both incredibly lucky to live,” the wife said in her message.