Federal grand jury indicts suspect accused of targeting Minnesota lawmakers in deadly shooting spree

A federal grand jury has formally indicted Vance Boelter on six federal charges for the shootings that left one Minnesota lawmaker and her husband dead and a second lawmaker and his wife injured Vance Boelter planned and carried out a night of terror that shook Minnesota to its core acting U S Attorney Joseph H Thompson commented in a declaration He carried out targeted political assassinations the likes of which have never been seen in Minnesota ACCUSED KILLER OF MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS TEASES 'IMPORTANT DETAILS' IN LETTER DURING JAILHOUSE INTERVIEWBoelter has been charged with stalking and murdering former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark at their home in Minneapolis last month He also is charged with stalking and shooting state Sen John Hoffman and his wife Yvette and for attempting to shoot their daughter Hope according to a news release from the U S Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota Boelter who allegedly conducted extensive research prior to the attacks could potentially face life in prison or the death penalty Functionaries allege Boelter impersonated a member of law enforcement on June and then went to the homes of the Democratic elected personnel with the intention of murdering them MINNESOTA SHOOTING TIMELINE SUSPECT VANCE BOELTER'S LAST WORDS TO FAMILY BEFORE CAPTUREBoelter first went to the home of the Hoffmans in Champlin Minnesota where he allegedly shot Senator Hoffman and his wife repeatedly Prosecutors say he also attempted to shoot their daughter Hope according to the news release After that he allegedly drove to the homes of two other elected personnel but discovered no one was home Boelter then allegedly went to the home of Melissa Hortman and her husband where he is accused of repeatedly shooting and killing them The shootings sparked a two-day manhunt ending with Boelter s capture in nearby Sibley County MINNESOTA SHOOTING SUSPECT VANCE BOELTER TO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES IN LAWMAKER ATTACKS I feel relief the present day in knowing that the perpetrator of these heinous acts will be charged to the fullest extent of the law Hope Hoffman declared in a message Though I was not shot physically I will now forever coexist with the PTSD of watching my parents be nearly shot dead in front of me and seeing my life flash before my eyes with a gun in my face The indictment comes shortly after Boelter spoke out about the alleged killings in a jailhouse interview looking to eliminate certain theories surrounding the motivations behind the attacks You are fishing and I can t talk about my occurrence Vance Boelter wrote to the New York Post from the Sherburne County Jail last week I ll say it didn t involve either the Trump stuff or pro-life I am pro-life personaly sic but it wasn t those he reportedly commented in a message sent from the jail s internal messaging system I will just say there is a lot of information that will come out in future that people will look at and judge for themselves that goes back months before the th If the gov ever let s sic it get out The U S Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota did not forthwith respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment