Jeff Day

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Jeff Day |Ryan Faircloth |Jeffrey Meitrodt

MINNEAPOLIS - In a rambling, conspiratorial letter addressed to the FBI, alleged assassin Vance Boelter claimed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz instructed him to kill U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar so that Walz could run for the U.S. Senate, according to two people familiar with the contents of the letter. The letter is the clearest evidence yet of Boelter's mindset after the targeted violence against Minnesota politicians last week.

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Jeff Day |Louis Krauss

MINNEAPOLIS - Federal charges filed Monday laid out the shocking scope of Vance Boelter's alleged plans to assassinate state lawmakers before he fled the Twin Cities, evading law enforcement for 43 hours before his arrest in a field near his rural home. Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, Minn., has been charged with six federal crimes, including stalking and murder, for the killing of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shooting of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Jeff Day |Louis Krauss

MINNEAPOLIS — As federal and state murder charges were unveiled against Vance Boelter on Monday, the shocking scope of his potential plans to assassinate state lawmakers and how he fled the Twin Cities were laid out in a 20-page criminal complaint in U.S. District Court. Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, Minnesota, stands charged with six federal crimes, including stalking and murder for the killing of state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shooting of state Sen.

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Jeff Day |Sydney Kashiwagi

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1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Jeff Day |Louis Krauss

MINNEAPOLIS — As federal and state murder charges were unveiled against Vance Boelter on Monday, the shocking scope of his potential plans to assassinate state lawmakers and how he fled the Twin Cities were laid out in a 20-page criminal complaint in U.S. District Court. Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, stands charged with six federal crimes, including stalking and murder in the killing of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shooting of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.