Uvalde, Minnesota
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The Strib has a detailed report on the police response to the MAGA assassinations and attempted assassinations in Minnesota, and…it is not good:
About the same time officers at the Hoffman residence were reviewing the home security footage, some police departments began checking on state politicians.
But it took more than an hour for Brooklyn Park police to visit the Hortman home.
At 3:35 a.m., two Brooklyn Park police officers arrived at the Hortman residence. Those officers fired at Boelter as he entered the house after shooting Mark Hortman. Additional muzzle flashes from Boelter inside the home lit up the entryway.
Despite the gunfire, officers didn’t enter the house until 4:38 a.m., according to timestamps on the bodycam footage. Instead of entering the home immediately to check on Melissa Hortman, the officers waited for a drone to be deployed to see if Boelter was inside and if Melissa Hortman was still alive.
A source familiar with the drone footage said Hortman is shown immobile and curled up on the landing at the top of the stairs.
At 4:42 a.m., Melissa Hortman was taken out of the house and brought to an ambulance.
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley has said his officers believed they shot Boelter and he was “holed up” in the basement.
After shooting the Hortmans and the family dog, Gilbert, Boelter allegedly escaped out the back door, which was propped open. He then dumped his mask, wig and gun, and was on the run for 43 hours before being captured.
Whether Melissa Hortman could have been saved had the entered the house immediately I don’t know, but we do know that they let Boelter get away, and things could have been a lot worse. Especially given the lack of urgency and coordination:
After he escaped, the dire nature of Boelter’s plans was not immediately conveyed to politicians. Several were told to contact local law enforcement for protection only to learn their local law enforcement had no idea about the attack.
Sen. Jim Abeler was among the first legislators to hear of the shootings and get protection. The Republican said Anoka police knocked on his door at 3 a.m. to warn him a legislator had been shot, 35 minutes before officers arrived at the home of Melissa Hortman. Police returned a half-hour later, Abeler said, and told him, “If somebody comes back, call 911 to make sure it’s us.”
Other lawmakers didn’t get such prompt protection, Abeler said. He recalled a DFL senator asking him about her personal safety at 6:30 a.m.
“Every city was left to its own response,” Abeler said.
In the current political and cultural climate, state law enforcement really needs to have better plans in place.