India, June 15 -- As authorities intensify a nationwide manhunt for Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in a shocking shooting spree that claimed the lives of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, a haunting text that Boelter sent to his friend has emerged.

Boelter's friend, David Carlson, told Reuters that hours before the killings, he received a text from the accused saying "he might be dead soon."

Carlson, who has been sharing a house in Minneapolis with Boelter for a little more than a year, last saw him on Friday night. Then, about 6 a.m. on Saturday, he received the said text.

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