Minnesota lawmaker shootings suspect was "prepper" who gave wife "bailout plan," affidavit states

Minnesota lawmaker shootings suspect was “prepper” who gave wife “bailout plan,” affidavit states

Recently unsealed court documents shed more light on the mindset and actions of the man charged in connection to the deadly shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses this past weekend in the Twin Cities. Vance Boelter, 57, is in custody and faces multiple federal and state murder charges following the attack overnight Saturday that killed…

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Fact check: Gov. Walz's appointment of Minnesota lawmaker shootings suspect to advisory board

Fact check: Gov. Walz’s appointment of Minnesota lawmaker shootings suspect to advisory board

Vance Boelter, 57, is in the Sherburne County Jail on Tuesday in Elk River, Minnesota, facing several federal and state charges for the shootings that killed a state representative and her husband, and wounded a state senator and his wife.  Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot inside…

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Police investigate break-in at home of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman

Police investigate break-in at home of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman

The Twin Cities home where Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday was broken into overnight Wednesday, police say. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “political assassination.” Brooklyn…

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