Live updates: Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect to appear in court on murder charges after huge manhunt Almost 200 law enforcement — including members of 20 regional and local SWAT teams — descended on eastern Sibley County to apprehend suspect Vance Boelter.

The recent shootings of lawmakers in Minnesota are part of a disturbing trend toward politically linked violence, ABC News analysts say.

The agency is offering up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspect Vance Boelter

Law enforcement officials are searching for 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses early Saturday morning.

The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, two law enforcement officials said.

Boelter claimed to have a doctorate of education, and said he spent extensive time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa — where he was seen in videos apparently preaching on stage.

A suspect is in custody after Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday, while State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded.

President Donald Trump reacted to the shootings that killed Minnesota state lawmaker and her spouse and left another lawmaker and his spouse injured in a statement saying that "horrific violence will not be tolerated.