Overview
- Vance Boelter is jailed without bail after being indicted on six federal counts, including two counts of murder with a firearm.
- Prosecutors allege he spent months researching targets, assembled a list of over 45 Democratic officials, and donned a police uniform disguise.
- During a June 13 night attack he killed ex-House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and seriously wounded State Senator John Hoffman and his wife.
- Governor Tim Walz has urged Minnesotans to reject political violence as the investigation uncovers more about the plot’s planning.
- Gilbert, the Hortmans’ dog wounded in the attack, was humanely euthanized after sustaining irreparable injuries.