Federal grand jury indicts Vance Boelter for allegedly murdering a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, and shooting state Senator John Hoffman and his wife.
A federal grand jury has formally indicted Vance Boelter on six federal charges for the shootings that left one Minnesota lawmaker and her husband dead and a second lawmaker and his wife injured.
«Vance Boelter planned and carried out a night of terror that shook Minnesota to its core», acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said in a statement. «He carried out targeted political assassinations the likes of which have never been seen in Minnesota.»
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Boelter, 57, has been charged with stalking and murdering former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their home in Minneapolis last month. He also is charged with stalking and shooting state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, and for attempting to shoot their daughter, Hope, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota.
