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- Vance Boelter, 57, was taken into custody Sunday night after a two-day search, charged with killing Minnesota legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and injuring another lawmaker, John Hoffman, along with his spouse Yvette.
- Boelter carefully orchestrated the attacks, visiting the homes of at least four state politicians—including two lawmakers—and was dressed in a police uniform during some of these visits, federal authorities and FBI affidavits state.
- Authorities found Boelter's SUV containing three AK-47 rifles, a 9-mm handgun, a police-style badge, a target list with over 45 mostly Democratic officials, and notebooks revealing detailed plans.
- Minnesota Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson called it a "political assassination," while Governor Tim Walz said, "This cannot be the norm" nor how political differences are addressed.
- Boelter faces state and federal murder charges including first-degree murder sought by prosecutors, with possible life imprisonment or a death sentence, reflecting growing concerns over political violence.
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The man who is said to have murdered a democratic politician and her husband in the U.S. state of Minnesota visited the houses of other politicians on the night of the crime.
Minnesota shootings: Gunman ‘drove to homes of four politicians in killing spree plan’
The suspect accused of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker and shooting another drove to the homes of at least four politicians as part of a planned killing spree, authorities said yesterday.
Vance Boelter, 57 years old, who arrested Sunday evening after two days of manhunt, returned the night of the crime to the homes of four different elected, all democrats, "with the intention of the
After the fatal shots in Minnesota, a suspect is now caught. He is said to have stopped at more houses of politicians on the night of the crime than was initially known.
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Le Journal de QuebecThe alleged murderer of a Member of Parliament for Minnesota and her husband went in total to the homes of four different elected officials
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