Vance Boelter, the man who authorities believe shot two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses in politically motivated shootings, attended the Dallas-based religious college, Christ for the Nations Institute,

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

Hours after the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers over the weekend, authorities asked David Carlson to identify his lifelong friend in a harrowing photograph. Carlson says he had known and

New details about Vance Boelter, accused of fatally shooting a state lawmaker and her husband, were revealed in court documents.

Vance Boelter, 57, has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The Hennepin County Attorney said Monday that her office intends to pursue first-degree murder charges against him as well.

Earlier that morning, court documents state Boelter also traveled to the home of Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, where he shot them a total of 19 times. He also made the trek to two other lawmakers’ homes, allegedly with the intent to kill them, but they were not at home.

Heavily armed and dressed in tactical armor with a silicone mask hiding his face and a police-style badge, Vance Boelter made a convincing police officer – so much so that a real police officer mistook him for a fellow cop.

Wendy Thomas was driving her old Chevy pickup truck home from a friend’s house shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday. The sun was low over rural Sibley County, a place of woods, streams, fields and crops an hour’s drive southwest of Minneapolis.