Minnesota assassin ‘planned to murder FOUR Dem lawmakers on Saturday and tricked policeman into thinking he was cop’

Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Boelter went to the homes of four different state representatives with the intention of killing them, prosecutors have claimed.  

Boelter, 57, was arrested late Sunday night for the murders of Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and the attempted murder of Democratic State Senator John Hoffman and his wife.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson announced on Monday that Boelter went to the homes of two other unidentified lawmakers to carry out more carnage on the night of the shootings.

‘In the early morning hours of June 14, Boelter went to the homes of four Minnesota state politicians with the intent to kill them,’ he said.

He was dressed as a police officer and arrived in a black SUV with the emergency lights turned on, displaying a police license plate, according to Thompson.

However, one of the other lawmakers was not home, and the suspect left the other house after police arrived.

Thompson said after Boelter left the Hoffman home, he went to the house of another representative in New Hope, where he duped police into believing he was one of them.

At that point, the New Hope Police had been called to conduct a welfare check on the lawmaker, and an officer spotted Boelter’s vehicle at the scene.

Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Boelter (pictured) went to the homes of four different state representatives on Saturday with the intent to kill, prosecutors said

Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson (center) announced on Monday that Boelter went to the homes of two other lawmakers to carry out more carnage

Boelter, 57, was arrested late Sunday night for the murders of Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband (pictured)

The officer believed it was a legit police vehicle that had been dispatched to the scene and attempted to talk to him, but he stared straight ahead, according to Thompson.

Authorities declined to name the two other elected officials whom Boelter allegedly stalked but who escaped harm.

Though the targets were Democrats and elected officials, Thompson said it was too soon to speculate on any sort of political ideology that could explain his motives. 

Boelter was charged with federal murder, stalking offenses. He already faces state charges, including murder and attempted murder. 

Thompson said it was too early to say if the Justice Department would seek the death penalty but noted that that was among the options available to the government based on the charges. 

‘Boelter planned his attack carefully’ by researching his intended victims and their families and conducting surveillance of their homes and taking notes, Thompson said.

He had been on the run for nearly two full days when he was caught – after he was seen passing a trail camera in a rural town in Sibley County, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. 

‘Most of the search had concluded then,’ Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said. ‘But the trail cam picture alerted SWAT teams to go to the area, search a perimeter and with the help of drones, identify his location.’

After Boelter left the Hoffman home, he went to the home of another representative in New Hope where he evaded police

Chilling photos showed the suspect donning an unsettling costume mask covering his entire head

He said Boelter tried to evade arrest for about an hour after, but eight SWAT teems crawled in ditches to corral him and ‘he eventually surrendered peaceably.’

The Sibley County Sheriff’s Office also told Fox News Boelter ‘verbally’ identified himself to authorities, and Lt. Jeremy Geiger, of the Minnesota State Patrol, said authorities did not have to use any force to detain Boelter.

The suspect was then pictured being handcuffed, as Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Bob Fletcher wrote that he is ‘the face of evil.’

Inside his vehicle, which was located earlier in the day on Sunday, officers found three AK-47 assault rifles, a 9mm handgun and an apparent hit list containing the names and addresses of Democratic lawmakers, people with ties to Planned Parenthood and abortion clinics. It even includes one high-profile philanthropist.

It is believed Boelter, a Trump supporter, was motivated to kill the two Democrats due to their support for abortion rights after police uncovered the hit list of about 70 people from his car Saturday morning.

A second hit list with more than a dozen new names was also found during a search of one of Boelter’s homes on Saturday.

Police say Boelter shot Hoffman and his wife Yvette at their home in Champlin at around 2am on Saturday, but they survived the attack with multiple wounds.

Hortman and her husband Mark were then fatally shot at their home eight miles away in Brooklyn Park about 3am.

Boelter had been on the run for nearly two full days when he was caught

Officers then encountered the gunman fleeing Hortman’s home at 3.35am and exchanged gunfire with him, which is when they reportedly found the initial hit list.

Chilling photos showed the suspect donning an unsettling costume mask covering his entire head.

Boelter also shot the Hortman’s golden retriever named Gilbert and injured the dog so badly he had to be euthanized. 

He was put down by the couple’s children after they learned ‘Gilbert wasn’t going to survive’, state Rep. Erin Koegel revealed.