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Vance Boelter has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.Boelter, 57, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder,
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Heavily armed and dressed in tactical armor with a silicone mask hiding his face and a police-style badge, Vance Boelter made a convincing police officer – so much so that a real police officer mistook him for a fellow cop.
The Justice Department is charging 57-year-old Vance Boelter with federal murder, stalking and shooting offenses. If convicted on the federal murder charge, he could face the death penalty.
Vance Boelter, 57, has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The Hennepin County Attorney said Monday that her office intends to pursue first-degree murder charges against him as well.
Vance Boelter charges: AK-47s, body armor and badge found at Hortman murder scene originally appeared on Bring Me The News.
Surveillance footage captured an attempted murder, according to charges unsealed Sunday: A man wearing a mask, a blue shirt and police-style tactical vest with a badge knocked on a door in Champlin and announced himself as a police officer. He then entered the house and shot Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
Two senators say the shooting shows it's time to address how people's private information is sold and shared online.