US EditionChildhood friend says Minnesota suspect had ‘darkness inside of him’
- Vance Boelter, a 57-year-old conservative evangelical pastor and security contractor, was arrested after fatally shooting Minnesota state politician Melissa Hortman and her husband on June 14, 2025.
- Boelter abruptly quit his funeral home delivery job in February 2025 and planned a prolonged attack targeting liberal Democrats and abortion advocates, as indicated by notes listing 45 Democrats and activists.
- Boelter's longtime friend David Carlson described him as struggling personally with disappointment over work and having a 'darkness inside him,' though earlier rhetoric was unthreatening and Boelter was viewed as a regular Christian.
- Authorities discovered weapons, ammunition, a note directed to the FBI, and a list naming 70 individuals, including Democratic officials and abortion providers, whom prosecutors say Boelter targeted after extensive surveillance and online research.
- Christ for the Nations Institute, where Boelter graduated in 1990, condemned the violence and disavowed any connection between Boelter's actions and their spiritual teachings emphasizing nonviolence and spiritual warfare only.
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Vance Boelter’s lifelong friend struggles to comprehend ‘a sick man’
Hours after the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers over the weekend, authorities asked David Carlson to identify his lifelong friend in a harrowing photograph. Carlson says he had known and trusted Vance Boelter from the time the two played together as children. But he barely recognized the 57-year-old in the surveillance image police showed him of Boelter wearing a flesh-colored mask as he carried out what authorities described as a political…
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Childhood friend says Minnesota suspect had ‘darkness inside of him’
Hours after the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers over the weekend, authorities asked David Carlson to identify his lifelong friend in a harrowing photograph.
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Childhood friend says Minnesota suspect had 'darkness inside of him'
A lifelong friend of the alleged Minnesota gunman says Vance Boelter had been struggling to find work and was wrestling with a “darkness that was inside of him” at the time of the shootings.
Here’s Everything That Feels VERY STRANGE About Vance Boelter’s “Best Friend” * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Noah
You’ve probably seen this guy all over the news in the past few days after news of the Minnesota shootings broke. The Media quickly identified this man, David Carlson, who was allegedly Vance Boelter’s “best friend” and….get this roommate in a rundown shack! According to the fact that he always seems to be wearing a Papa John’s shirt, he seemingly works for Papa Johns or just really loves the pizza….but one thing is certain, he is LOVING his 15 …
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