ST. PAUL 鈥� Jenny Boelter, the wife of Vance Boelter 鈥� suspect in the shootings of two Minnesota Lawmakers and their spouses 鈥� released a statement Thursday saying the violence was a "betrayal" of her family's beliefs.
鈥淲e are absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blindsided,鈥� Jenny Boelter said in the statement. 鈥淭his violence does not at all align with our beliefs as a family. It is a betrayal of everything we hold true as tenets of our Christian faith. We are appalled and horrified by what occurred and our hearts are incredibly heavy for the victims of this unfathomable tragedy.鈥�
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Jenny Boelter said Thursday, June 26 that her family has been cooperating with law enforcement and investigations. She said she was first contacted by law enforcement on the morning of June 14 and drove to a gas station to meet agents.
A federal complaint filed against Vance Boelter after his arrest said that Jenny Boelter consented to a search of her car the morning of June 14, in which officers reportedly recovered two handguns, approximately $10,000 in cash and passports for Mrs. Boelter and her children, according to the complaint.
A separate federal complaint filed pre-arrest by FBI special agent Terry Getsch said the Boelters were 鈥減reppers.鈥�
鈥淏oelter and his wife had been 鈥榩reppers,鈥� or people who prepare for major or catastrophic incidents,鈥� Getsch wrote in the complaint. 鈥淎t some point, Boelter had given his wife a 鈥渂ailout plan鈥� 鈥� i.e., a plan of where to go in case of exigent circumstances.鈥�
Vance Boelter faces state and federal charges in the murder of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as the shootings of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. Boelter remains in custody ahead of his second hearing at the U.S. courthouse in St. Paul on Friday.
Jenny Boelter thanked law enforcement in the statement, offered condolences to the Hortman and Hoffman families and asked for privacy for herself and her children.
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