Federal grand jury indicts suspect accused of targeting Minnesota lawmakers in deadly shooting spree
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A federal grand jury has formally indicted Vance Boelter on six federal charges for the shootings that left one Minnesota lawmaker and her husband dead and a second lawmaker and his wife injured. 

“Vance Boelter planned and carried out a night of terror that shook Minnesota to its core,” acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said in a statement. “He carried out targeted political assassinations the likes of which have never been seen in Minnesota.”

“I feel relief today in knowing that the perpetrator of these heinous acts will be charged to the fullest extent of the law,” Hope Hoffman said in a statement. “Though I was not shot physically, I will now forever coexist with the PTSD of watching my parents be nearly shot dead in front of me and seeing my life flash before my eyes with a gun in my face.”

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a press conference held at the Minnesota Emergency Management Center following the arrest of Vance Boelter, the suspect in the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and the attempted assassination of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in Minnesota, United States on May 15, 2025.  (Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The indictment comes shortly after Boelter spoke out about the alleged killings in a jailhouse interview, looking to eliminate certain theories surrounding the motivations behind the attacks. 

“You are fishing and I can’t talk about my case,” Vance Boelter wrote to the New York Post from the Sherburne County Jail last week. “I’ll say it didn’t involve either the Trump stuff or pro-life.”

“I am pro-life personaly [sic] but it wasn’t those,” he reportedly said in a message sent from the jail’s internal messaging system. “I will just say there is a lot of information that will come out in future that people will look at and judge for themselves that goes back 24 months before the 14th. If the gov ever let’s [sic] it get out.”  

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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