Overview

• Vance Boelter faces federal charges of stalking, murder and firearms violations for the June 14 attack that killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
• Investigators discovered notebooks listing names and addresses of more than 45 Democratic lawmakers and abortion-rights activists and are probing whether he planned assaults on additional targets.
• Authorities say Boelter disguised himself as a police officer and used an unmarked SUV equipped with emergency lights to carry out the shootings at two suburban homes.
• Lawmakers are pressing leadership to boost security budgets and detail protection teams around the clock after threats against members of Congress more than doubled between 2017 and 2024.
• The attack has intensified national concern over political violence, with some Republican figures initially spreading false claims about the shooter’s affiliation before evidence confirmed his conservative, pro-Trump views.