The suspect wanted in the slaying of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, as well as in the injury shooting of a state senator and his wife, was found Sunday night armed and crawling in a field in a sparsely populated stretch of Minnesota,

Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, Governor Tim Walz said.

Authorities say he also shot Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette.

Authorities said Monday that the suspect, Vance Boelter, visited the homes of four elected officials early Saturday impersonating a police officer.

On Saturday, two state lawmakers from Minnesota were gunned down in their homes in what Governor Tim Walz called a "politically motivated assassination" attempt.

Boelter is accused of launching what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called a "politically motivated assassination."

“We are heartbroken and outraged,” Utah Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, and Utah House Minority Leader Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, said in a joint statement.

Walz called the shootings "an act of targeted political violence." "Peaceful discourse is the foundation of our democracy. We don't settle our differences with violence or at gunpoint," he said durin...