The man suspected in the political assassination of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman is due to appear in federal court Monday afternoon, and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced they’ll seek first-degree murder charges against him.
Jail booking photo of Vance Luther Boelter. (Courtesy of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office)
Vance L. Boelter, who was captured Sunday night after a two-day manhunt, is charged in Hennepin County District court with murder in the shootings of Hortman and her husband at their Brooklyn Park home and attempted murder in the shootings of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in their Champlin home.
Officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office are expected to make statements later Monday morning about federal charges against Boelter.
This is developing story and will be updated.
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