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Authorities Uncover Vast Arsenal and Handwritten Target List in Vance Boelter Lawmaker Attack

Investigators are sifting through digital records and financial accounts to determine Boelter’s motives.

FBI agents stage in a neighborhood on June 15, 2025, in Green Isle, Minnesota. Law enforcement agencies were searching for Vance Boelter, a suspect in the killing of DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, who were shot at their home. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Vance Boelter faces state and federal charges after killing former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and injuring Senator John Hoffman and his wife during the June 14 attack.
  • Searches of Boelter’s Green Isle and Minneapolis properties uncovered nearly 50 firearms, body bags, silicone masks and a police-style SUV left at the Hortmans’ home.
  • Authorities found a handwritten list of Democratic lawmakers and abortion rights supporters in Boelter’s vehicle, indicating his attack was politically motivated.
  • Investigators seized $17,940 from Boelter’s Green Isle safe and found $10,000, two handguns and passports with his wife Jenny, who was driving with their children.
  • Boelter remains jailed ahead of a June 27 federal hearing as authorities probe digital communications and financial records for further evidence of planning and possible accomplices.