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Speaker 1: Breaking news now, federal officials are giving an update on
the arrest of the suspect in the Minnesota shootings. Let's listen, people,
Assassinations are rare. They strike at the very core of
our democracy. But the details of Belter's crime are even worse.
They are truly chilling. It is no exaggeration to say
that his crimes are the stuff of nightmares. Belter stocked
his victims like prey. He went to their homes, held
them out as a police officer, and shot them in
cold blood. Now, there's been a lot of information and
misinformation out there about Belter's crimes. We have filed a
detailed twenty plage complaint, an affidavit that sets forth what
happened in this case. I'd like to share some of
that information with you now. In the early morning hours
of June fourteenth, Belter went to the homes of four
Minnesota state politicians with the intent to kill them. Belter
first traveled to the home of Minnesota State Senator John
Hoffman in Champlin, Minnesota. Belter arrived at the senator's home
disguised as a police officer. He arrived in a black
SUV with emergency lights turned on and with a license
plate that read police. Belter wore a black tactical vest
and body armor, carried a flashlight and a Bretta nine
milimeter handgun. He also wore a hyper realistic silicon mask.
Senator Hoffman had a security camera. I've seen the footage
from that camera and it is chilling. Belter knocked on
Senator Hoffman's front door and repeatedly shouted, this is the police.
Open the door. Senator Hoffman and his white Yvette came
to the door. When they opened the door, Belter shined
the flashlight in their faces and said there had been
a shooting reported in the house. Belter asked if they
had any weapons. When Belter lowered his flashlight, which he
had shined in their face, they realized that he was
not a police officer. They shouted out, you're not a cop,
You're not a police officer. Belter then announced this is
a robbery and forced himself into their home. When Senator
Hoffman attempted to push Belter out and stop him from
entering his home, Belter shot him repeatedly. Belter then shot
miss Hoffman repeatedly. Belter fled the scene and the Hoffman's
daughter called nine to one one. Unfortunately, the Hoffman survived,
although they remained hospitalized. After shooting Senator Hoffman and his wife,
Belter traveled to the home of another Minnesota state representative
in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Video surveillance showed that Belter rang
the doorbell at the state representative's house at approximately two
twenty four am on Friday night. Again, he was dressed
as a law enforcement officer, wearing a tactical vest and
body armor, carrying a handgun and a flashlight, and wearing
that same hyper realistic silicon mask. Again, the images, as
you can on the screen, are haunting. U Fortunately, the
state representative was not home, she and her family were
gone on vacation, and so Belter left. Belter then traveled
to the home of a Minnesota state senator who lived
in New Hope, Minnesota. He parked in the street in
that same black SUV with the police license plate. At
about two thirty six am on Friday night, after learning
of the shooting of Senator Hoffman, New Hope police dispatched
an officer to conduct a wellness check on the state senator,
who lived in New Hope. When the New Hope officer
arrived at the scene, she saw Belter's black SUV parked
down the block with the lights on. The New Hope
police officer believed that Belter was a police officer who
had been dispatched to the scene to check on the
status of the state senator. The New Whole police officer
pulled up next to Belter in his car, rolled down
her window, and attempted to speak with him. Belter did
not respond, according to the officer, he just sat there
and stared straight ahead. So the New Hoole police officer,
who had been dispatched to the scene, proceeded to the
state senator's home and she waited for other law enforcement
to arrive. When they did. By the time they did,
Belter had left the scene. Belter then traveled to Brooklyn Park, Minnesota,
in the home of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman. At
approximately three point thirty am, Belter arrived at Representative Hortman's
house in his black SUV with the police license plates.
He parked in the driveway and left the emergency lights
on his SUV flashing as if he was a police officer.
Belter approached Representative hort home again dressed as a police officer,
wearing the tactical vest and body armor and wearing that
hyper realistic mask. He was armed and carrying a flashlight
before he entered the home. Two Brooklyn Park Police officers
arrived at the scene. They too had been dispatched to
check on Senator and Representative Hortman after learning of the
shooting of Senator Hoffman. When they arrived at the scene,
they saw Belter's black SUV parked in the driveway with
the emergency lights flashing, and they saw Belter standing in
front of the house, several feet from the door. When
Belter saw the officers get out of the car, he
drew his weapon and began firing. He rushed into the
house through the front door, firing into it. He repeatedly
fired into the house, and when he entered, he murdered
Representative Portman and her husband Mark. The Brooklyn Park Police
officers fired at bel Belter as he rushed into the home,
but he escaped into the home and out the back.
Officers recovered Belter's nine milimeter Bretta, along with the body
armour and the mask behind the home along his path
of flight when he fled on foot. They later searched
Belter's car, where they found five more firearms, including Astault
style rifles, and a large quantity of ammunition. Belter also
had in his car notebooks containing a list of more
than forty five Minnesota state and federal elected officials, including
Representative Portman. Now Belter planned his attack carefully. He researched
his family, his victims and their families. He used the
Internet and other tools to find their addresses and names
in the names of their family members, He conducted surveillance
of their homes and took notes about the location of
their homes. He also prepared in other ways. He concealed
himself as a police officer, outfitting his black SUV with
police lights and a police license plate, wearing a black
tactical vest and body armor, carrying a police flashlight and
a handgun, and of course, he wore that hyperrealistic silicone
mask I seen other surveillance videos. The video of his
arrival and shooting of Senator Hoffman is truly chilling. Again,
it's no exaggeration to say this is the stuff of nightmares.
There's a photo of firearms found in Belter's abandoned suv.
Based on these crimes, we brought a federal complaint charging
Beltner with an array of federal charges. Counts one and
two charge him with stocking. Count one charges him with
stocking Representative Melissa Hortman using interstate facilities, and that's Title
eighteen United States Go twenty two to sixty one. The
statutory penalties there are life in prison. Count two, similarly
content is chargessm with stocking State Senator John Hoffman using
interstate facilities. The statutory the maximum penalty of that count
is twenty years in prison. Counts three and four charge
Belter with the murder of Melissa and of the Hortman's
using a firearm violation of eight Usc. Nine twenty four
j count. Then these are punishable by a term of
life imprisonment or even death. And Counts five and six
charge him with shooting the Hertman's and the Hoffman's using
a firearm, and both of those towns also carry a
maximum sentence of life in prison. Now, before I finished
my remarks, I want to say a little bit about
law enforcement and the manhunt that we've heard about the
last two days. Over the fast forty eight hours, federal, state,
and local law enforcement from throughout the state of Minnesota
have worked together together to carry out the largest manhunt
in Minnesota history. Now, a lot has been said about
law enforcement in recent weeks, but make no mistake, the
men and women of our federal, state, and local law
enforcement put their lives at risk and on the lie
on the line to keep Minnesota safe. HM. They work
tirelessly day and night to make sure that the tragic
events of Friday night end it without further violence or bloodshed.
We owe them all a debt of gratitude and they
will forever have my respect in admiration.