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crime1 month ago•3 min saved

Two consecutive life terms awarded for man who killed Minnesota House Speaker Hortman and husband

Vance Boelter, 59, pleaded guilty to six federal counts for stalking and killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. He was sentenced in federal court to two consecutive life terms plus 40 years after choosing a guilty plea to avoid the death penalty. Boelter admitted to months‑long planning, disguising himself as a police officer, and targeting multiple lawmakers during the June 14, 2025, attacks, which triggered Minnesota’s largest state police manhunt; he also faces state murder charges. Families of victims spoke at sentencing.

via NBC News|

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crime-and-justice2 months ago•187 min saved

Minnesota killer pleads guilty in federal case, avoiding death penalty with life terms

Vance Boelter pleaded guilty in a Minneapolis federal court to murder, stalking, and firearms offenses tied to the rampage that killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. Under a plea deal approved by the acting U.S. attorney general, Boelter faces two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years, with the death penalty removed. He had disguised himself as a police officer during the shootings and was captured after a 43-hour manhunt; he still faces state murder charges separate from the federal case.

via CNN|

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crime2 months ago•181 min saved

Feds drop death-penalty bid in Boelter plea over Minnesota political killings

U.S. prosecutors say they will not pursue the death penalty against Vance Luther Boelter as part of a plea agreement in the 2025 shootings targeting Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. Boelter, 58, was captured the day after the attack and faces federal and state murder and attempted murder charges; Minnesota has long abolished capital punishment, and the terms of the plea were not disclosed as a change-of-plea hearing is scheduled.

via CNN|

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world1 year ago•3 min saved

Minnesota Lawmakers Targeted in Politically Motivated Shooting

Two Minnesota state lawmakers, Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman, were targeted in a shooting incident involving a suspect impersonating an officer, resulting in Hortman's death and Hoffman's injury; a manhunt is ongoing for the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, amid widespread condemnation of political violence.

via BBC|

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world1 year ago•4 min saved

Minnesota Lawmakers Shot in Politically Motivated Attack

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, longtime Minnesota legislators, were shot and killed by a suspect posing as a police officer at their homes, with the same suspect also injuring Hoffman's wife. The suspect, identified as Vance Boelter, remains at large. Both lawmakers were members of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party and had dedicated their careers to public service and community improvement.

via ABC News|

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