A federal grand jury indicted a man on July 15 who is accused of shooting and killing former Minnesota state House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife.
Vance Boelter’s indictment includes murder, stalking, and firearms charges in a series of alleged attacks where he is accused of disguising himself as a police officer. The murder charges related to the deaths of Hortman and her husband, Mark, could result in the federal death penalty.
“This political assassination, the likes of which have never occurred here in the state of Minnesota, has shook our state at a foundational level,” acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said….