Heavily armed and dressed in tactical armor with a silicone mask hiding his face and a police-style badge, Vance Boelter made a convincing police officer – so much so that a real police officer mistook him for a fellow cop.

Eric Rudolph hid in the North Carolina wilderness for years after he bombed Centennial Olympic Park, a gay nightclub, and two abortion clinics; Boelter lasted a mere weekend. Yet both men belong to the same lineage.

New details about Vance Boelter, accused of fatally shooting a state lawmaker and her husband, were revealed in court documents.

Earlier that morning, court documents state Boelter also traveled to the home of Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, where he shot them a total of 19 times. He also made the trek to two other lawmakers’ homes, allegedly with the intent to kill them, but they were not at home.

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

Wendy Thomas was driving her old Chevy pickup truck home from a friend’s house shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday. The sun was low over rural Sibley County, a place of woods, streams, fields and crops an hour’s drive southwest of Minneapolis.

Vance Boelter killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and wounded Sen. John Hoffman in a planned shooting. A manifesto, weapons cache, and list of targets were found in his car

Vance Boelter, accused of shooting two politicians and their spouses, appears to have associated with Christian nationalist institutions