June 26, 2025
Police instructed a car to stop and the passengers opened fire, the Detective Branch says
Boelter is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder, a criminal complaint shows
The shootings of two Democratic lawmakers come amid the most sustained period of political violence in the United States since the 1970s
Vance Boelter, 57, allegedly shot dead Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, in a “politically motivated assassination”
Law enforcement officials say the suspect abandoned a vehicle that looked like a police SUV, in which officers found a "manifesto" and a target list of other politicians and institution
This heinous attack motivated by politics should never happen in America, Biden says
The military closed schools nationwide and banned public gatherings, cancelling the annual Tel Aviv Pride parade but people did not seem worried for their safety
Police say he was an introvert and an avid player of online shooting games who had largely withdrawn from the outside world before the attack
