Vance Boelter, accused of assassination of DFL House leader Melissa Hortman, apprehended
They got him. The arrest of Vance Boelter ends a harrowing 48-hour manhunt — but the shockwaves of his crimes are only beginning to settle. Accused of murdering Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and critically injuring Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Boelter left behind not just grief, but a list of political targets and chilling questions about motive. As investigators piece together the details, Minnesota confronts the reality of political violence on its doorstep — and the dangerous convergence of extremism, ideology, and access to power. Madison McVan with Minnesota Reformer has the full story.
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