Vance Boelter, 57, has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The Hennepin County Attorney said Monday that her office intends to pursue first-degree murder charges against him as well.

After a 43-hour manhunt and intense search authorities arrested a Minnesota man accused of shooting two state Democratic lawmakers and their spouses. Vance Boelter, 57, now faces both federal and state charges in connection with the killings of Melissa Hortman and her husband,

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

Wendy Thomas was driving her old Chevy pickup truck home from a friend’s house shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday. The sun was low over rural Sibley County, a place of woods, streams, fields and crops an hour’s drive southwest of Minneapolis.

Residents hid in their homes as law enforcement on a speaker ordered Boelter to come out of the field and surrender.

Suspect's vehicle found in Sibley County as search intensifies for Vance Luther Boelter, wanted in connection with fatal shooting of Minnesota lawmakers in targeted attack.

Residents of Sibley County are encouraged to lock their doors and secure their vehicles, adding that law enforcement will be going to area residences to ask to search properties.

THE family of Minnesota Senator John Hoffman has revealed how his wife Yvette used her body as a shield when a gunman opened fire in their home. Both Hoffman and Yvette were seriously injured when