Vance Boelter accused of killing legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding John Hoffman and his wife
The man suspected of opening fire on two Minnesota legislators and their spouses on 14 June, killing one legislator and her husband, is set to appear in court on Monday afternoon charged with two counts of murder and two of attempted murder.
Vance Boelter, 57, is charged with fatally shooting the Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their residence early on Saturday. Boelter is also accused of shooting the state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home, seriously injuring them.
He was booked into the Hennepin county jail in Minneapolis shortly after 1am Monday, ending a two-day search that Mark Bruley, the Brooklyn Park police chief, called the “largest manhunt in the state’s history”.
“One man’s unthinkable actions have altered the state of Minnesota,” its Democratic governor, Tim Walz, said at a news conference.
