Overview

• A Hennepin County grand jury on August 14 handed Vance Boelter an eight-count indictment that includes two counts of first-degree premeditated murder, four counts of attempted first-degree murder, impersonating a police officer and felony animal cruelty for shooting the Hortmans’ dog.
• Prosecutors say Boelter donned a fake police uniform, used a vehicle resembling a squad car and carried notebooks naming targeted lawmakers as he executed door-to-door attacks on June 14, killing Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounding Sen. John Hoffman’s family.
• Boelter already faces a July federal indictment on six counts of murder, stalking and firearms violations that could carry the death penalty, to which he pleaded not guilty on August 7.
• Federal authorities are maintaining custody of Boelter under the capital case, delaying the state prosecution until he is transferred to local jurisdiction, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said.
• A state conviction on first-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence without parole; the federal prosecution could seek the death penalty.