Overview
- The Hoffman family filed a Hennepin County civil suit Thursday accusing Vance Boelter of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress while seeking monetary damages.
- The complaint says Boelter planned a political “mass assassination” of Democratic–Farmer–Labor lawmakers, wore a police disguise and kept a hit list that included the Hoffmans.
- It alleges Boelter surveilled the family’s routines, followed Yvette Hoffman to work on at least one day and anticipated their daughter Hope would be home during the attack.
- John Hoffman was shot nine times and Yvette Hoffman eight times, both spent weeks in intensive care, and the suit says they have permanent injuries and lost income, while Hope paused her education after severe trauma.
- Boelter faces federal and state charges and has pleaded not guilty, and a federal hearing set for Friday comes as prosecutors have not announced whether they will seek the death penalty.