Authorities arrested and charged Vance Boelter on Sunday night after he allegedly shot and killed House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband in their Brooklyn Park home and shot and seriously injured state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in their home in Champlin.
The criminal complaint against Boelter was unsealed after his apprehension. He stands charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.
The charges allege that Boelter was heavily armed and officers saw him shoot and kill Mark Hortman. The 911 call alerting officers to the initial shooting appears to have been made by Hope Hoffman after her parents, John and Yvette Hoffman, were shot multiple times.
