Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's superintendent Drew Evans told a news briefing on Saturday (June 14) that officials had identified 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter as the suspected gunman in the deadly shooting of Democratic state lawmakers.

The suspect, identified by authorities as Vance Luther Boelter, posed as a law enforcement officer to gain access to the victims' homes.

Dozens of Minnesota Democrats were on a target list written by the gunman who allegedly shot and killed a Minnesota state representative and her husband.

Two people familiar with the matter identified the suspect in the fatal shootings of Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of John Hoffman and his wife as 57-year-old Vance Boelter