Overview
- A federal change-of-plea hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 11, and court filings and multiple news reports say Vance Boelter is expected to enter a guilty plea to the federal indictment.
- Prosecutors told the court that the Attorney General authorized the government not to seek the death penalty as part of a proposed plea agreement, but the written deal will not be public until Boelter formally pleads guilty.
- Boelter faces six federal counts, including two stalking counts, two murder counts tied to killings by firearm, and two firearms charges, while separate state charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder remain pending.
- Federal prosecutors have described the June 14, 2025, attacks as politically motivated and have released evidence such as a handwritten letter Boelter allegedly sent to the FBI and notes recovered during the large manhunt.
- The plea move ends the immediate prospect of a federal death sentence and shifts attention to sentencing, the paused state prosecution, civil suits by victims, and a Justice Department news conference scheduled after the federal hearing.