A Minnesota woman who helped police capture shooting suspect Vance Boelter on Sunday night first thought it was a member of law enforcement she saw lurking and squatting in a nearby field.

But when Wendy Thomas realized there was no one else around and no police cars, “I started freaking out,” she told reporters.

She flagged down an officer in Green Isle, and less than two hours later Boelter was in custody for the shooting deaths of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband as well as injuring two others early Saturday morning.

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