Boelter, Minnesota
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Vance Boelter has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.Boelter, 57, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder,
Authorities arrested and charged Vance Boelter on Sunday night after he allegedly shot and killed House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband in their Brooklyn Park home and shot and seriously injured state Sen.
The Justice Department is charging 57-year-old Vance Boelter with federal murder, stalking and shooting offenses. If convicted on the federal murder charge, he could face the death penalty.
New details about Vance Boelter, accused of fatally shooting a state lawmaker and her husband, were revealed in court documents.
Hennepin County's chief prosecutor, Mary Moriarty, said at a news conference on Monday (June 16) that her office would seek first-degree murder charges against Vance Boelter, a man accused of killing a Democratic state lawmaker while posing as a police officer.
Vance Boelter, 57, has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The Hennepin County Attorney said Monday that her office intends to pursue first-degree murder charges against him as well.
Vance Boelter charges: AK-47s, body armor and badge found at Hortman murder scene originally appeared on Bring Me The News.
Surveillance footage captured an attempted murder, according to charges unsealed Sunday: A man wearing a mask, a blue shirt and police-style tactical vest with a badge knocked on a door in Champlin and announced himself as a police officer. He then entered the house and shot Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.