Overview
- The June 14, 2025 shootings in Twin Cities suburbs killed former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and members of his family in an attack officials say was politically motivated.
- Boelter pleaded guilty in federal court and was sentenced on July 23, 2026 to two life terms plus 40 years after the Justice Department declined to seek the death penalty.
- A Hennepin County grand jury indicted Boelter on two counts of first-degree premeditated murder, four counts of attempted first-degree murder, felony animal cruelty and impersonating a police officer.
- Boelter was booked into Hennepin County Jail and made his first state court appearance on Monday as prosecutors formally moved the parallel state case forward.
- County Attorney Mary Moriarty and victims’ families say a state conviction would carry mandatory life without parole, would not be subject to a presidential pardon, and could further ensure Boelter remains behind bars for life.