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Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative

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Vance Luther Boelter , 57 , was at the center of a massive multistate manhunt on Sunday .

Friends and former colleagues described him as a devout Christian who attended an evangelical church and went to campaign rallies for President Donald Trump .

Suspect not believed to have made any public threats before attacks, official says.

Records show Boelter and his wife started a security firm in 2018 .

A website for Praetorian Guard Security Services lists his wife as the president and CEO.

He also billed himself as a security contractor who worked oversees in the Middle East and Africa .

There were signs that he was struggling financially, and he was spending some nights away from his family.

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