Mike Wendling
Reporting from Minnesota

Police have been on the scene of the arrest – near suspect Vance Luther Boelter’s home – for most of Sunday.

We first heard of activity before noon local time. A car linked to Boelter and a cowboy hat which authorities also suspected belonged to him were found along a rural road.

Hundreds of local, state and federal police were on the scene, and we saw dogs, bomb squads, SWAT teams and aircraft. It was a huge undertaking.

It now appears that the net was closing in on Boelter all along.

We’ll have more news very shortly as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and law enforcement authorities are due to give an update any moment now.

Bob Jacobson, commissioner of public safety and Drew Evans, superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension will also speak, along with local officials.

A photo showing the arrest of the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, was released by the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office.

In a Facebook post, the office says: “The face of evil. After relentless and determined police work, the killer is now in custody.

“Thanks to the dedication of multiple agencies working together along with support from the community, justice is one step closer.”

Minnesota police have apprehended a suspect involved in shooting two state legislators, and have taken him into custody, according to several media outlets including the BBC’s US media partner CBS News.

Stay with us as we bring you the latest.

…but we’ll fire it back up if there’s any major breaking news in this manhunt.

Today’s major development was investigators found a car used by the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, and what they think may have been his hat nearby, in Sibley County, about 50 miles (80km) from the murder scene.

One local resident, Brian Liebhard, told the BBC in Sibley County: “This guy needs to get caught.

“I don’t agree with everything they [the two politicians] vote for, but this is sad – the guy went wacko.”

Investigators also disclosed that Boelter’s wife had been detained in a traffic stop along with three relatives in the city of Onamia, more than 100 miles from the family home, on Saturday morning.

Jenny Boelter was released without being taken into custody.

Two victims of the attack, Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, are awake in hospital and are expected to issue a statement when able.

Evans addresses concerns about ongoing threats to state lawmakers.

He says the safety of lawmakers and public servants remains a top priority.

Evans says the current indication is that the suspect acted alone.

Evans says he would not describe the documents in the car as a “manifesto”.

“That’s a treatise on all kinds of ideology and writings,” he says.

Instead he describes it as a notebook with a list of names, including lawmakers.

“I don’t want the public to have the impression that there’s this long manifesto that’s providing all of this information and details,” he says.

He says he cannot comment further because it is an active investigation.

Asked whether he believes the suspect may be trying to leave the country, perhaps bound for Canada, Evans says they have no evidence he could be heading for a specific destination.

Responding to a question as to whether Boelter is on foot, Evans says they are not sure how he is getting around.

“It could be multiple ways that he has travelled, and that’s open, and that’s why you see… a very large perimeter, because they’re looking at various modes of transportation.”

Evans says they are “certainly operating as though he’s still alive”.

Evans confirms that authorities have spoken with Jenny Boelter, the wife of suspect Vance Luther Boelter.

Authorities pulled her over on Saturday morning in Onamia, Minnesota.

“So we met with his family, not just his wife, but other family members, to really understand what’s going on,” he said.

He notes that during any investigation, police would meet with the family of a potential suspect.

Evans says no family member of the suspect is in custody, and they were released because they were co-operative.

Drew Evans, of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, says it has been a “very fluid day”.

He mentions how police found a vehicle in Sibley County that they believe was used by the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter.

Evans also confirms they recovered a hat believed to have been worn by the suspect “in proximity” to the vehicle. He asks the public to remain vigilant.

There have been more than 400 tips so far as the manhunt continues.

We hear next from Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

He confirms there is a nationwide warrant for the suspect’s arrest for the murders and attempted murders in this case at a state level, as well as at a federal level.

There are also warrants for his arrest for “unlawful flight to avoid prosecution”.

Mayor Hollies Wilson of Brooklyn Park is next.

He says “prayers of support go out to the families of the Hoffmans andthe Hortmans”.

He says Hortman had an impact on “unifying our communities and bringing them together”.

“There is some healing that needs to be done here,” he says.

The mayor also asked people to “avoid not sharing or sharing misinformation”.

A press conference has just started to provide an update on the manhunt for Vance Luther Boelter.

Mayor Ryan Sabas of Champlin called it a “senseless and tragic act that has shaken us all”.

“But in our darkest hours, we are reminded of the strength and resilience of community. We come together, not only to grieve, but to stand strong and together, we will rise the heinous act should never have happened.”

Mike Wendling
Reporting from Green Isle, Minnesota

In Green Isle – a small village where police have set up command post – the local gas station has closed for the day, citing safety concerns.

A few local residents have come out to see what’s going on and a police helicopter has just landed on the village’s baseball field.

We’re still awaiting more news about the manhunt.

A day and a half after the shootings of two state lawmakers in Minnesota, let’s take a look at what we know about the attacks so far:

• An attacker shot and killed state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their Brooklyn Park, Minnesota home in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police say the same attacker also shot and wounded state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette at their home in the Minneapolis suburb of Champlin, about an hour earlier
• The Hoffmans underwent surgery on Saturday, according to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and local media report that a relative says the couple is now awake and will issue a statement when they’re able
• Law enforcement are hunting for 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, whom they have named as the suspect in the attacks
• Police have spent Sunday searching a rural area in Sibley County, Minnesota – about an hour southwest of Minneapolis – where they found a vehicle belonging to to Boelter. Law enforcement also gathered in another area in the town of Green Isle, about 10 miles away, near Boelter’s home
• Authorities detained Boelter’s wife, Jenny Boelter, on Saturday morning in the town of Onamia, Minnesota. Millie Lacs County Sheriff Kyle Burton told the BBC that his department had played a role in monitoring the perimeter: “I was told by my staff who responded that the shooting suspects wife was in the car along with several other relatives”
• US Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, called the shootings “an attack on everything we stand for as a democracy”, as she confirmed her own security had been increased over the weekend. Police said the suspect had been found with a list of more than 50 other potential targets, which included other Minnesota politicians and abortion activists

Yvette Hoffman, the wife of state Senator John Hoffman, threwherself in the path of the bullets to save her daughter’s life as the would-be assassinopened fire in the early hours of Saturday, reports the Minnesota Star Tribune, external.

Someone identifying himself as Yvette Hoffman’s nephew wrote onFacebook that a man dressed as a police officer “broke into my aunt and uncle’shouse and shot him 6 and my aunt 5 times in a political act of terrorism”.

Mat Olig wrote in the post: “My aunt threw herself on herdaughter, using her body as a shield to save her life.”

According to the Star Tribune, the daughter, Hope, is in her20s and was born with spina bifida, which her father has cited as motivatinghim to get into state politics. The Hoffmans are awake in hospital and areexpected to issue a statement when able.

Mike Wendling
Reporting from Green Isle, Minnesota

I’ve just arrived in Green Isle, Minnesota, where there’s a ton of police activity, and law enforcement have set up a command centre – state police, US Marshals and local police are here, along with police from Brooklyn Park, where Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed at their home.

As police are searching a rural area in Sibley County, Minnesota as part of their hunt for 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter – the suspect in the shooting of two state lawmakers on Saturday – we’re starting to get images of more law enforcement also gathering in another area in the town of Green Isle, about 10 miles away.

Mike Wendling
Reporting from Sibley County, Minnesota

Sibley County, Minnesota resident Brian Liebhard is now waiting with media and other onlookers outside of the police cordon, as police search the area in connection with the state lawmakers’ shooting yesterday.

“We’ll just let them do their jobs, this guy needs to get caught,” Brian tells me.

“I don’t agree with everything they (the two politicians) vote for, but this is sad – the guy went wacko.”

There are a few others nearby who heard the news and came out to look out of curiosity.

The land around here is relatively flat, with a few rolling hills, large farm fields and clusters of trees – in other words, if the suspect is in the area, there’s not a whole lot of places to hide.

Mike Wendling
Reporting from Sibley County, Minnesota

I’ve come to check out the situation in Sibley County, Minnesota, where other journalists are also gathered near the area where police said this morning they had found a car in connection with the lawmakers’ shooting.

We’re about seven miles east of the suspect’s home in Sibley County and it appears that police are concentrating on a cluster of houses and trees. We’re being kept a mile or so away from the scene.

I’ve just spoken to Brian Liebhard, who owns the 80-acre property that police are currently searching.

He says he was awaked at around 2 or 3 am (0800 or 0900BST) this morning when he heard two gunshots. He’s not sure if they had any connection to the suspect, but says the incident was unusual even in this rural area.

One of his relatives noticed an abandoned car nearby this morning. And after he and his wife went to church, police surrounded the house.