Vance Boelter captured, charged in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers

Gov. Tim Walz and law enforcement authorities briefed reporters Sunday evening just before 11 p.m. following the capture of Vance Boelter. Here’s what they said:

• Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent Drew Evans said Boelter has been charged in the shootings and that the case will be reviewed for possible federal charges.

  He said had Brooklyn Park officers not confronted Boelter at House DFL leader Melissa Hortman’s home early Saturday morning, he likely would have “continued throughout the day … He was forced to abandon his plan,” adding that Boelter’s list of possible targets included people in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan.

• Evans said authorities were confident Boelter acted alone in “the violence he committed.” He said Boelter was armed when he was arrested.