Washington-La Senator Amy Klobuchar said that the authorities believe that Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old suspect, in a couple of “politically motivated” shootings, is still in the west medium, and points out that “it can be” in Minnesota and that the authorities have presented an alert in Dakota del Sur.
“We believe he is somewhere near and that they will find it,” said Klobuchar, D-minn., He said during an interview about “Meet The Press” by NBC News. “But at this time, everyone is nervous here because we know that this man will kill in a second.”
A Minnesota Democratic legislator and her husband were killed early on what Governor Tim Walz, D-minn, said it seems to be “a murder of political motivation.”
State representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state senator John Hoffman and his wife were seriously injured, Walz said. The authorities have identified the suspect of shots such as Vance Boelter, from Minnesota, 57.
Klobuchar emphasized that if people see Boelter, “they should not approach him, who must immediately call the tips lines and inform.”
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley said on Saturday they found a “manifesto” in Boelter’s vehicle with names from other officials.
An official who saw the list in the “manifesto” of the suspect previously said to NBC News that was addressed to prominent people in Minnesota who advocated reproductive rights.
After the shootings, Klobuchar said he has received additional security without his order.
The senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, said in a Saturday statement that asked the Capitol Police to “immediately increase security” for Klobuchar and Senator Tina Smith, D-minn. The minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y., also presented a statement on Saturday saying that he asked the “Sergeant of the House of Representatives of ARMS and the United States Capitol Police to guarantee the security of our Delegation of Minnesota and members of the Congress throughout the country.”
“I think they are worried about everyone,” Klobuchah said about receiving additional security. She said she has no confirmation of whether she was on Boelter’s list.
The senator said that “this guy will face only one innocent: try to take her car, try to go home.”
“Because many of the political leaders in our state have received additional protection, but not the innocent,” he said.
Smith, who has argued to be on the suspect’s list, said in a Sunday interview in CNN that he was “deeply worrying” to be named. She said that “the level of threat to which they are exposed to legislators is unacceptable.”
“I am grateful that I personally feel safe, but this is not a way for our government to work when people, any number of us, feel this type of personal threat,” said Smith in CNN.
Klobuchar cried the loss of the murdered couple, remembering that he was at a great political dinner with them the night before he died.
“Everyone rejoiced, happy, the session behind them, and that was the last time many of us saw Melissa and Mark,” Klobuchar said in NBC News, referring to the late legislator and her husband. “And the next morning, 5 in the morning, the governor, Governor Walz, calls me and tells me that we believe he is no longer with us.”
Klobuchar remembered the deceased legislator as a friend, remembering how Hortman jugged with mother, Sunday school teacher, leader of Girl Scout, in addition to his political career, and finally became “this extraordinary speaker of the house.”
“When you think about political violence and political violence statistics, you must realize the people behind it and a true public servant we lost,” Klobuchar said.
