Tag Archives: Melissa Hortman

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday filed murder and stalking charges against Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old Minnesota man who has confessed to carrying out a deadly attack targeting state lawmakers and their spouses — an act of political violence that has shocked the nation and left Minnesota reeling. Boelter is accused of …

The U.S. House unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday condemning the June 14 attacks on former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, who were killed by a gunman, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, who were wounded. The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Kelly Morrison, who represents the …

The suspect in the fatal shootings of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the wounding of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife has been arrested, bringing a tense and emotional two-day manhunt to a close, law enforcement officials confirmed Sunday. Vance Boelter, 57, was taken …

House Democratic-Farmer-Labor caucus leader Melissa Hortman, who was among the most influential Minnesota elected officials of the past decade, died on Saturday morning after a man impersonating a police officer shot her in her Brooklyn Park home, Gov. Tim Walz said. Hortman’s husband was also shot and killed, the governor …