2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators
attack on two lawmakers and their spouses on June 14, 2025
In the early morning of June 14, 2025, Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman was assassinated at her home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States, by Vance Boelter. Hortman, the leader of the state House Democratic caucus, was shot and killed alongside her husband, Mark. Less than two hours earlier, Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot and seriously injured by Boelter at their home in nearby Champlin and hospitalized. Police responding to the attack on the Hoffmans checked on the Hortmans' home, where Boelter fired at them. He then escaped, sparking the most extensive manhunt in Minnesota history.
The authorities quickly identified 57-year-old Boelter as a suspect and captured him on the evening of June 15 in Green Isle, Minnesota. He was federally charged with murder, stalking, and firearms offenses. The state charged Boelter with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder; a grand jury upgraded the state's murder charges to first-degree on August 15. On June 11, 2026, Boelter pleaded guilty to all the federal charges. On July 23, 2026, Boelter was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
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