The suspect built a scattered career ranging from food to retailing to private security to pastoring, public records and his online postings show.

Minnesota officials said they are searching for Vance Luther Boelter, who was last seen in the Twin Cities area.

Authorities believe the fatal shootings of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, along with the shooting of State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, were politically motivated. Vance Luther Boelter has been identified by police as the suspected shooter.