An alleged letter from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to Vance Luther Boelter surfaced online after Boelter was named by journalists and the New York Post as the suspect in Saturday’s shootings of former lawmakers John Hoffman,

The man who authorities say impersonated a police officer and shot two state lawmakers north of the Twin Cities is believed to be 57-year-old Vance Boelter, multiple sources told the Associated Press.

Authorities identified the man suspected of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers Saturday as Vance Boelter, 57, of Green Isle.

Boelter had also been a member of the Governor's Workforce Development Council in 2016 during the administration of then-Governor Mark Dayton.

Democratic State House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot and killed on Saturday, allegedly by a man appointed by Walz.