Vance Boelter, Melissa Hortman's alleged assassin, captured

After the biggest manhunt in Minnesota history, "Vance Boelter has been arrested in Green Isle, Minnesota." Fox 9 is reporting "Boelter is the suspect in the assassination of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. Rep. Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday morning. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot and injured in their Champlin home."

Yvette Hoffmann, the wife of State Sen. John Hoffmann, has confirmed that she was shot 8 times. Further, she said that Sen. Hoffmann was shot 9 times. According the charging document filed with the court, Boelter is charged with 4 counts, each count being "Murder - 2nd Degree."

STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE

On or about June 14, 2025, at approximately 2:05 a.m., Champlin Police officers responded to a shooting at a residence in Champlin, Hennepin County, Minnesota. The 911 caller reported that a masked person had come to their door and then shot their parents. Inside the residence, officers found two adults, male and female, who had been shot, referred to herein as Victim 3 and Victim 4. Victim 3 is a state legislator.

Video surveillance footage from the exterior of the residence showed a Ford SUV with police-style lights parked in the driveway of the residence. It also showed a man, later identified as Defendant VANCE LUTHER BOELTER (07/23/1967), wearing a mask, a blue shirt, and a police-style tactical vest with a badge and yellow-gripped gun approach the front door with a flashlight. Defendant knocked on the door and announced himself as a police officer before entering the house and shooting Victims 3 and 4. The surveillance footage showed Defendant flee the residence and enter the police-style vehicle. Victim 3 and Victim 4 are currently alive and remain hospitalized.

A short time later, The Brooklyn Park Police Department learned of the shooting in Champlin. Because one of the victims is a state legislator, police proactively sent patrol officers to the home of another state legislator in Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota. When officers arrived at approximately 3:35 a.m., they saw the Ford SUV with police-style lights and immediately saw Defendant, still dressed as a police officer, shoot an adult man referred to herein as Victim 2 through the open door of the home.

Police exchanged gunfire with Defendant, who fled inside the residence before escaping the area. Inside the residence, officers found two adults deceased from gunshot wounds-- Victim 2, and his wife, Victim 1. Victim 1 is also a state legislator.

Thankfully, Boelter is in custody without additional loss of life. I'm not thankful for what I read in the description of each count.

Count I

Maximum Sentence: 40 YEARS.

Minimum Sentence: 3 YEARS

Count II

Maximum Sentence: 40 YEARS.

Minimum Sentence: 3 YEARS

Count III

Maximum Sentence: 40 YEARS.

Minimum Sentence: 3 YEARS

Count IVMaximum Sentence: 40 YEARS.

Minimum Sentence: 3 YEARS

These are what soft-on-crime minimum sentences and maximum sentences look like. A 3-year minimum is virtually nothing for 2nd degree murder. A 40-year maximum is far too light, too. Here's hoping that the feds prosecute this case so real justice can be imposed on Dr. Boelter.

Boelter arrested in Green Isle, MN