MN Shooter Backed Trump, Gave Anti-Trans Sermons

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The suspect in the shooting of Minnesota lawmakers on Saturday was feeling down and unhappy with his work situation, but showed no signs that he could turn violent, his self-described best friend and part-time roommate said.

Boelter had built a scattered career that included food companies, retailing and pastoring, according to public records and his online posts. He has been living with his wife in a rural area outside the Twin Cities, and staying a few nights a week at a rental home in a working-class Minneapolis neighborhood with a couple of roommates.

Boelter was working overnight shifts for an organization that handles eye donations, said one roommate, David Carlson, and was trying to get a security company off the ground. Carlson woke Saturday to a troubling text. Boelter said he was “going to be gone for a while” and “may be dead shortly,” according to local media reports, which Carlson confirmed. The text prompted him to call the police.

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