Overview

• Vance Luther B. is charged federally with murder and stalking in the June 14 attacks that killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
• He posed as a police officer to gain entry to four lawmakers’ homes, declaring the assaults as robberies before opening fire.
• Investigators recovered a notebook listing more than 45 politicians and abortion rights advocates, raising concerns about a larger coordinated plot.
• Prosecutors say the 57-year-old faces life in prison or the death penalty if convicted on the federal charges.
• Authorities are probing his anti-abortion stance, private security background and possible extremist ties amid heightened political violence in the US.