Overview
- Vance Boelter was arrested on June 15 and faces federal charges including murder, stalking and weapons offenses alongside state-level murder and attempted murder counts
- Investigators recovered from his unmarked SUV a notebook and protest flyers listing about 70 names and addresses of Democratic officials and abortion-rights advocates
- FBI agents and U.S. Capitol Police are probing whether Boelter received help in planning or executing the attacks and are reviewing hundreds of pages of surveillance notes for motive
- Members of Congress are pressing leadership for expanded security budgets, around-the-clock protection details and mandatory safety briefings for lawmakers and their families
- Illinois Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Nikki Budzinski and Sen. Laura Fine confirmed their names appeared on Boelter’s target list as legislators nationwide reassess personal security measures