A Springdale pastor is one of a few people claiming they worked with Boelter in Fort Smith around 20 years ago. ... We got to know each other, and we talked a lot about our faith.

Two decades before he was a murder suspect in Minnesota, Vance Luther Boelter was an employee at a Gerber plant in Fort Smith, an easy-to-get-along-with, upbeat boss, a former co-worker said Monday.

Springdale minister remembers Minnesota shooting suspect, a former co-worker, ... Thueson was a student at Faith Bible Institute in Alma, and part of a non-denominational church.