Alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter’s lifelong friend David Carlson has made several revelations about the suspect.

David Carlson, who says that he has known Boelter since fourth grade, described the shooting suspect as a "great guy."

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.

Vance Luther Boelter, suspect in the Minnesota shooting of Democratic leaders, was arrested after a two-day manhunt. Is he a Trump supporter.

Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in the early hours of Saturday, the same day a state senator and his wife were also wounded

David Carlson, a friend of Vance Boelter, spoke with FOX 9 about the Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect. Boelter texted them Saturday morning, "David and Ron, I love you guys. I’ve made some choices and you guys don’t know anything about this,

Boelter, a 57-year-old former appointee by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was sought by police for allegedly shooting Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette and fatally shooting former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.

Suspected assassin Vance Boelter fronted a security firm his best friend said never existed and experienced “struggles” after returning from a three-year trip to Africa months before he allegedly turned his gun on a pair of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.