Minnesota Dem Assassin Suspect's Story Continues To Get Crazier

Posted • June 16, 2025: It’s a story that’s Tre ‘bizarre but also horrifying. The Minnesota Democrat assassin has been captured; he was spotted via trail cam and apprehended shortly thereafter. It ends a two-day manhunt for Vance Boelter, who was suspect in the shootings of two Democratic state lawmakers: State Sen. John Hoffman and State Rep. Melissa Hortman and their spouses. Hoffman and his wife survived the attack, but Hortman and her husband were killed. Boelter dressed as a police officer. Today, the Justice Department confirmed what we already knew: that this was a targeted political assassination. We also learned that he visited the homes of two other lawmakers the night he shot and killed the Hortmans. Police encountered Boelter inside his fake cop car outside the home of a state lawmaker who was away on vacation. Boelter planned this attack for an extensive period.

The FBI revealed during a separate conference Monday morning that Boelter had gone to the homes of two other Minnesota lawmakers the night he killed Hortman and her husband and injured the Hoffmans. After the shooting at the Hoffmans' home, Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson says Boelter went to a state representative's home in Maple Grove. However, that lawmaker had been on vacation and was not home at the time. Boelter then allegedly moved on to the home of a state senator in New Hope. After learning about the shooting of the Hoffmans in Champlin, a New Hope police officer went to the senator's home to do a wellness check. The officer arrived to find what appeared to be another officer's squad car, later identified as Boelter's vehicle, parked outside the home. The officer tried to engage in conversation with Boelter, but he did not respond. By the time more officers arrived, Boelter was gone.

The FBI did not identify either of the two other lawmakers whose homes Boelter allegedly targeted. Thompson says Boelter then went to the Hortmans' home in Brooklyn Park. Upon arrival, police officers saw Boelter several feet from the door. He instantly drew his weapon and began firing at the officers before he rushed inside the house, firing at the front door. He then shot and killed the Hortmans. Federal investigators allege Boelter stalked his targets and planned his attacks carefully, researching the victims and their families as well as conducting surveillance on them "for an extensive period of time." - "This was a political assassination," Thompson said Monday. Boelter is facing state charges of two counts of second-degree murder which seems to be a little light considering the new details. These attacks were premeditated. (…)

• More at: Townhall - MN Dem Assassin Suspect's Story Continues to Get Crazier
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/06/16/mn-dem-assassin-suspect-visited-other-lawmakers-homes-n2658905
CBS News: Vance Boelter went to other lawmakers' homes the night he killed Rep. Hortman, wounded Sen. Hoffman, FBI says
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/vance-boelter-fbi-details-charges-suspect-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings/