Daylight was still two hours off when Brooklyn Park police approached the home of former Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman to find someone had beat them there.

It was a proactive decision from an experienced officer that allowed police to first confront suspected shooter Vance Boelter, starting a exhaustive manhunt that would end 43 hour

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Law enforcement officials said they remain active near the last believed location of Travis Decker, accused of killing his daughters.

House Speaker Demuth and Governor Walz thank law enforcement after capturing Vance Boelter, accused of killing Melissa Hortman and shooting Senator John Hoffman.

Vance and Jenny Boelter own a home in Green Isle, Minn., in Sibley County, which is about an hour’s drive southwest of the Twin Cities. Onamia, where Jenny Boelter was pulled over, is about 125 miles north of the couple’s home.