Within hours of the shooting of two lawmakers and their spouses in the US state of Minnesota, social media posts began claiming, without evidence, that Governor Tim Walz ordered a "political hit" on his rivals,

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,

Cernovich, a conservative personality whose followers on X include Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House adviser Stephen Miller, speculated in a 1:30 p.m. ET X post, that Walz might have “ordered a hit.”

Manhunt is underway for Minnesota shooter Vance Luther Boelter of Green Isle, Sibley County. Photo shows him trying to enter a victim's home.

It didn't take long for right-wing influencers to mar Rep. Melissa Hortman’s death and smear Gov. Tim Walz on a pile of lies.

The suspect remains at large while hundreds of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies conduct an intensive manhunt.

Suspected assassin Vance Boelter is seen during his arrest in Sibley County following a two-day manhunt in Minnesota. Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said someone matching Boelter's was seen on a resident's trail camera. Boelter attempted to evade arrest for about an hour,… pic.twitter.com/AMnUbM85Nh

Vance Boelter, a former member of the Minnesota Workforce Development Board, is accused of a double shooting that left one lawmaker dead and another severely injured, raising alarming questions about political violence.