Alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter’s lifelong friend David Carlson has made several revelations about the suspect.

Suspected assassin Vance Boelter fronted a security firm his best friend said never existed and experienced “struggles” after returning from a three-year trip to Africa months before he allegedly turned his gun on a pair of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.

David Carlson, a friend of Vance Boelter, spoke with FOX 9 about the Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect. Boelter texted them Saturday morning, "David and Ron, I love you guys. I’ve made some choices and you guys don’t know anything about this,

The best friend and roommate of suspected Minnesota gunman Vance Boelter says he received a haunting message from Boelter just hours after Saturday’s shocking shooting spree that left two people dead and two others wounded.

Boelter claimed to have a doctorate of education, and said he spent extensive time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa — where he was seen in videos apparently preaching on stage.

Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Boelter' pals revealed his text indicating he would soon be gone, expressing love and remorse for the trouble he caused.

A massive law enforcement operation is ongoing as authorities search for Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old man suspected of the politically-motivated killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband,

David Carlson has known Vance Boelter for more than 40 years and was roommates with him at a north Minneapolis home that Boelter was at part-time. Carlson was shocked by Saturday's news that Boelter is the suspect in the shooting of two state lawmakers and their spouses.