The name suspected of shooting lawmakers in Minnesota was expected to make his first court appearance. Former senior FBI profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole says that authorities will be working to verify his past to help identify a motive.

SUSPECT CAPTURED: Vance Boelter, the suspect in the fatal shootings of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, as well as the woundings of another lawmaker and his wife, has been captured.

The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion.

The Nebraska State Patrol addressed rumors that Nebraskans may have been targeted by the suspect in the Minnesota shootings.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, speaks at the "No Kings" protest against Donald Trump outside the Federal Building in downtown Ann Arbor on June 14, 2025. Ann Arbor joined cities across the U.S. in a nationwide day of defiance. (Ryan Stanton | MLive.com) Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

Cincinnati Police Department arranged increased security for Congressman Greg Landsman and his family until authorities caught Boelter.

The man arrested and accused of murdering two Minnesota lawmakers and wounding two more had notes about Ohio Congressman Greg Landsman as well, according to Landsman's office.

Boelter claimed to have a doctorate of education, and said he spent extensive time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa — where he was seen in videos apparently preaching on stage.