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Minnesota man sentenced for killing Democratic lawmaker

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Jul 23, 2026
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The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to assassinating a top Democratic lawmaker and attempting to murder another was sentenced to life in federal prison Thursday, 13 months after he disguised himself as a police officer and attacked the legislators at their homes.

MINNESOTA-SHOOTING/ — Vance Luther Boelter, suspected in the shooting deaths of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker and her husband, is taken into custody in June 2025 at an unidentified location.
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USA-ELECTION/MINNESOTA — Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Ginny Klevorn and Kristin Bahner embrace Thursday as they leave the Diana E. Murphy United States Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following the sentencing hearing for Vance Boelter, who pleaded guilty to the 2025 killings of Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shootings of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.
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USA-ELECTION/MINNESOTA — Sophie Hortman, daughter of Melissa and Mark Hortman, speaks with others Thursday at the Diana E. Murphy United States Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following the sentencing hearing for Vance Boelter, who pleaded guilty to the 2025 killings of Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shootings of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.
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USA-ELECTION/MINNESOTA — Harry and Linda Haluptzok, parents of Melissa Hortman, speak to the media at the Diana E. Murphy United States Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following the sentencing hearing.
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