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Federal Charges: Suspect in shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers had planned to attack others

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The Justice Department is charging 57-year-old Vance Boelter with federal murder, stalking and shooting offenses. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.

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  1. Accused Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter’s wife detained after traffic stop — cops find passports and weapon in car: report

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    Federal Charges: Suspect in shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers had planned to attack others

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  1. New York Post

    Accused Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter’s wife detained after traffic stop — cops find passports and weapon in car: report (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    It is not clear whether the Boetlers lived with each other

  2. Breitbart News

    Suspected Minnesota Lawmaker Killer Vance Boelter Captured Alive (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Suspected Minnesota political assassin Vance Luther Boelter was captured on Sunday after a statewide manhunt.

  3. Legitgov

  4. CNN

    Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz confirms Vance Boelter has been apprehended (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Vance Boelter, the suspect in the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota lawmakers, has been captured, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz confirmed in a news conference late Sunday.

  5. Fortune

    Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers caught (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    A criminal complaint unsealed Sunday night says Boelter faces two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Suspect in Minnesota lawmakers shooting, Vance Boelter, captured (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    US police arrest 57-year-old suspect over attack on two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses.

  7. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    Suspect in shooting of Minnesota lawmakers has been caught, official says (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    Cleveland Plain Dealer's feed description

    Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening.

  8. WDIO Duluth

    Federal Charges: Suspect in shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers had planned to attack others (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    The Justice Department is charging 57-year-old Vance Boelter with federal murder, stalking and shooting offenses. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.

  9. The Boston Globe

    What we know about the Minnesota shooting suspect (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    State officials had pursued the suspect, identified as Vance Boelter, 57, throughout the weekend.

  10. Local News 8

    Vance Boelter: What we know about the state and federal charges he’s facing for the Minnesota shootings (opens Local News 8)

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    By Karina Tsui, Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — After a 43-hour manhunt and intense search, authorities arrested a Minnesota man accused of shooting two state Democratic lawmakers and their spouses. Vance Boelter, 57, now faces both federal and state charges in connection with the killings of Melissa H…

  11. NPR

    The suspect in the shooting of 2 Minnesota lawmakers has been captured and charged (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Vance Boelter was captured in a wooded area on Sunday night, and charged in the shootings of two state lawmakers and their spouses. His first court appearance is scheduled for Monday.

  12. Leadstories

    What We Know About Political Affiliation Of Vance Luther Boelter Suspected Of Killing Minnesota Lawmaker And Her Husband (opens Leadstories)

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    Were the Minnesota shootings targeting state lawmakers and their family members motivated by leftist political views of the suspect, Vance...

  13. Minnesota Reformer

    Boelter faces state and federal murder charges, death penalty possible • Minnesota Reformer (opens Minnesota Reformer)

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    The Hennepin County prosecutor will pursue first-degree murder charges against Vance Boelter, the suspect arrested in the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. Boelter also was charged with six federal offenses, including stalking, murder and firearms charges.

  14. Salon

    "The stuff of nightmares: Minnesota shooting suspect Boelter charged with first-degree murder (opens Salon)

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    The suspect in a Minnesota double murder faces six new charges from federal prosecutors.

  15. Bangor Daily News

    What to know about the shootings of 2 Minnesota lawmakers and the arrest of Vance Boelter (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another is now charged with murder after police arrested him Sunday near his home following

  16. PJ Media

  17. Al Jazeera

    Who is Vance Boelter, the suspect in assassination of Minnesota lawmaker? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Lawmaker’s killing rattles the US state as Governor Tim Walz calls the attack ‘politically motivated’.

  18. Deseret News

    What we know about the Minnesota shootings and suspect (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    Vance Boelter, 57, was apprehended by police Sunday and is facing multiple charges for the shootings of state lawmakers.

  19. KESQ Palm Springs

    What we know about the investigation into the suspected Minnesota gunman (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Karina Tsui, Michelle Watson, Whitney Wild Chris Boyette (CNN) — After a 43-hour manhunt and intense search, authorities arrested a Minnesota man accused of shooting two state Democratic lawmakers and their spouses.

  20. The Atlantic

    The Minnesota Suspect’s Radical Spiritual World (opens The Atlantic)

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    Before Vance Boelter was accused of killing a Democratic state lawmaker, he had an active, even grandiose, religious life.

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