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After a lengthy manhunt, the suspect in the fatal shooting of Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as a separate shooting attack on another state lawmakers and his spouse, was captured on Sunday night.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced that the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was found Sunday night armed and crawling in a field near his home in Green Isle, Sibley County.  Despite being armed, authorities said, Boelter was taken into custody without incident and no injuries were reported. Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said at the news conference that Boelter is in custody and has been charged in connection with the murders and the attempted murders.

The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office later posted a picture on social media that appears to show Boelter being taken into custody, writing: “The face of evil. After relentless and determined police work, the killer is now in custody. Thanks to the dedication of multiple agencies working together along with support from the community, justice is one step closer.” Hennepin County court records show Boelter is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder. He is due in court Monday afternoon.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman, 55, and her husband, Mark, 58, were shot and killed early Saturday in their Brooklyn Park home, around 11 miles northwest of Minneapolis. About 1 1/2 hours earlier State Sen. John Hoffman, 60, and his wife Yvette were shot “multiple times” 5 miles away in Champlin. Gov. Walz said that John Hoffman is out of his final surgery and is moving toward recovery and Yvette Hoffman is healing.Boelter is suspected of gaining entry to the lawmakers’ homes by disguising himself as a police officer and arriving at the victims’ home in a vehicle that looked like a police cruiser equipped with flashing emergency lights.

Following the shooting at Hoffman’s residence, officers were sent to Hortman’s home to check on her well-being, officials said. As officers arrived at the residence, they encountered the gunman at around 3:35 a.m. The suspect and the officers exchanged gunfire before the suspect escaped, flee on foot and leaving behind his fake police car, where investigators found his target list, authorities said. Law enforcement sources also found in the suspect’s vehicle an alleged target list of dozens of Minnesota Democrats, including Gov. Tim Walz, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, U.S. Sen. Tina Smith and state Attorney General Keith Ellison.

The New York Post reported that Walz appointed Boelter to a four-year term on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019. He earlier served on the Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016 under former Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton.The suspect’s wife was detained for questioning after a traffic stop near Onamia late on Saturday morning; she was released without being arrested.

The FBI was offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Boelter’s arrest. Superintendent Drew Evans of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said at a news conference that “right now we are asking the public if you do locate him, if you see him, to call 911. Do not approach him. You should consider him armed and dangerous.”

According to an online biography, Boelter is a husband and father, and touted an extensive background in security and military training. Boelter helped lead the private security firm Praetorian Guard Security Services, which is based in the Twin Cities area, according to the company website.

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At least one person was critically injured in a shooting during a ‘No King’ protest in Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City police said they have taken three people into custody after the “No Kings” march downtown Saturday evening from Pioneer Park to the Wallace F. Bennett Federal building left a man critically injured with a gunshot wound.  The “No Kings” protest in Utah was one of many that took place across the United States; according to preliminary estimates from the Salt Lake City Police Department, it was attended by some 10,000 people.

The incident took place @7:56 p.m, after officers heard gunshots in front of a luxury high-rise residential building on State Street – a main thoroughfare through the city leading to the Utah State Capitol in an area with local, state and federal government facilities. Police said in a news release that “officers responded to the scene and found one person with a critical gunshot wound. Those injuries are considered life-threatening.”

The Salt Lake Tribune reported that police tracked one of the involved parties and arrested him nearby, with two other people also later taken into custody. A motive has yet to be determined, and it was unclear if any of the people knew each other; however, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd told KSL.com that it appeared the people were involved “at some level” in the protest.

Local news outlet KUER reported. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall sharing in a statement that “the purpose of today’s demonstration was a powerful and peaceful expression until this event, and that cannot be overshadowed or silenced by a single act meant to harm. I want to urge everyone in the public to be calm, to give one another grace and to look out for one another tonight in the coming days.”  In addition, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox posted on X: “The shooting at tonight’s protest in Salt Lake City is a deeply troubling act of violence and has no place in our public square. This is an active situation, and we’re working closely with law enforcement to ensure accountability.”

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More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London crashed moments after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, in what authorities called the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade. Ahmedabad police chief G.S. Malik said among the dead included Vijay Rupani, the former chief minister of Gujarat state, of which Ahmedabad is the main city.

Police in Ahmedabad also said at least one person survived the crash of an Air India plane; that survivor has been identified as a British citizen named Vishwash Kumar Ramesh. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, with 242 people on board, lifted off from Ahmedabad Airport at about 1:38 p.m. local time en route to London Gatwick Airport. It gave a Mayday call, signaling an emergency, but there was no response from the aircraft before it crashed onto a medical college hostel after reaching an altitude of 625 feet shortly after takeoff.  The passengers included 217 adults, 11 children and two infants, with Air India confirming that 169 were Indian nationals, 53 were Britons, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian. Parts of the plane’s body were scattered around the smouldering building into which it crashed. The tail of the plane was stuck on top of the building.

Part of the plane struck the dining area of B.J. Medical College. Federation of All India Medical Association Vice President Dr. Divyaansh Singh announced in a X post that reports indicate there are 10 to 20 casualties from its student body and resident doctors.

U.S. aerospace safety consultant Anthony Brickhouse told Reuters that videos of the aircraft show that the landing gear was down at a phase of flight when it would typically be up. India’s Civil Aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said that a formal investigation has been initiated by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.

According to the Aviation Safety Network database, it was the first crash of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which was introduced in 2009 and has more than 1,000 planes operating globally (according to Boeing). The plane that crashed on Thursday flew for the first time in 2013 and was delivered to Air India in January 2014, per Flightradar24.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday morning on X that it will be leading a team of U.S. investigators going to India to assist in the crash investigation: “The government is constituting a high-level committee comprising experts from multiple disciplines to examine the matter in detail.”

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said that he has spoken with the Air India chairman to offer full support and a team stands ready to support the investigation.

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California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly escorted out of a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday and briefly taken into custody, after attempting to pose a question to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem was in the city addressing public concerns related to protests against President Trump’s immigration policies, particularly those involving ICE operations in Southern California.

Padilla said to Noem, “I am Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary,” which prompted several men to physically push him out of the room;nit was unclear who the men were as several were dressed in plainclothes. Footage released by Padilla’s office and shared with NBC News shows the senator being pushed into a hallway, where he was forced to the ground by individuals wearing FBI-marked vests. He was then handcuffed as agents instructed him to place his hands behind his back.

Before the interruption, Noem was discussing increasing immigration operations in the area and claimed that Homeland Security agents were staying to “liberate the city socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country.”  When asked by a reporter about the incident, Nom clarified that she does not know the senator and that he did not request a meeting with her: “when I leave here, I’ll have a conversation with him and find out really what his concerns were,” Noem said. “I think everyone in America would agree that wasn’t appropriate.”

According to a statement from Padilla’s team, the senator was in Los Angeles conducting official congressional oversight of federal activity in the region. They confirmed he is no longer in custody, with his office stating: “he was in the federal building to receive a briefing with [Air Force] General [Gregory] Guillot and was listening to Secretary Noem’s press conference. He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., denounced the incident on the Senate floor: “I just saw something that sickened my stomach. The manhandling of a United States Senator, we need immediate answers to what the hell went on.”  Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., wrote on X that Padilla “represents the best of the Senate. The disgraceful and disrespectful conduct of DHS agents, pushing and shoving him out of a briefing like that, demands our condemnation. He will not be silenced or intimidated. His questions will be answered. I’m with Alex.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a post on X that Padilla “is one of the most decent people I know. This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control. This must end now.”

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, of which Padilla is a member, said on X that the matter was “unacceptable …we demand a full investigation and consequences for every official involved in this assault against a sitting US senator.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., criticized Padilla for interrupting the news conference: “If you come to my press conference, yeah, you need to be respectful. What he ought to be doing, in my view, is making sure that we have rational immigration policy. And Senator Padilla, who’s a nice man, sat on the sidelines for four years, watch the border completely be blown apart.”

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