Overview

• On June 26, Jenny Boelter said she and her children were “completely blindsided” by her husband’s alleged actions and offered her deepest sympathies to the Hortman and Hoffman families.
• Prosecutors have charged Vance Boelter with two counts of first-degree murder plus firearms offenses in state court and stalking in federal court, with both proceedings potentially carrying the death penalty if convicted.
• Investigators uncovered a hit list naming dozens of elected officials in Boelter’s abandoned vehicle and in a rented storage unit that held body bags, gun cases and other items hinting at a broader plot.
• Authorities allege he disguised himself as a police officer wearing a realistic latex mask during the June 14 attack on the homes of Rep. Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park and Sen. John Hoffman in Champlin.
• He was arrested on June 15 near his Green Isle home after a nearly two-day manhunt and remains jailed pending the outcome of Friday’s detention hearing.