{"id":36383,"date":"2025-07-04T05:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/vance-boelter-man-charged-in-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings-makes-federal-court-appearance\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T05:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:32:21","slug":"vance-boelter-man-charged-in-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings-makes-federal-court-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/vance-boelter-man-charged-in-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings-makes-federal-court-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance Boelter, man charged in Minnesota lawmaker shootings, makes federal court appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Vance Boelter, the man <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/vance-boelter-fbi-details-charges-suspect-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses<\/a><\/span>, made another federal court appearance Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He waived his right to a probable cause hearing and a detention hearing he had scheduled. The hearing lasted less than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>He told the judge he was &#8220;looking forward to the truth about the 14th [getting] to the public.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Especially by waiving these two things that gets to get that faster, where the truth can come out,&#8221; Boelter said.<\/p>\n<p>Boelter is accused of killing Minnesota House Speaker Emerita <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/melissa-hortman-mark-hortman-funeral-minneapolis-minnesota-lawmaker-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark<\/a><\/span>, as well as shooting state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, who survived. He was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/vance-boelter-federal-prosecution-hennepin-county-attorneys-office-melissa-hortman\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">charged by the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office<\/a><\/span> with two counts of murder, two counts of stalking and two weapons charges. Boelter\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/how-could-the-death-penalty-happen-in-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">may face the death penalty if convicted<\/a><\/span>. He also faces state charges, and could face life without parole if convicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Interim U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson on Thursday explained the federal case will precede the county&#8217;s case because of the serious issues involved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t just a murder case, this is a political assassination. And there is every interest in having the department of justice go first and that is typical in cases like this,&#8221; explained Thompson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The case will go directly to a grand jury, which is expected to hand down an indictment in mid-July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boelter, 57,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/vance-boelter-second-federal-court-hearing-melissa-hortman-mark-hortman-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">appeared in court last Friday<\/a><\/span>, where his defense was granted a motion to move his detention and preliminary hearing. He told the court he hadn&#8217;t slept in about two weeks and complained of poor conditions at the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minnesota. The Sherburne County sheriff disputed those claims.<\/p>\n<p>Boelter on Thursday again complained about his jail condition at Sherburne County Jail, saying he didn&#8217;t like that the lights were on all the time. The judge told him the courts have no control over the lights.<\/p>\n<p>After his previous hearing, Boelter was to be moved to a segregated area of the jail and taken off suicide watch.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say Boelter impersonated a police officer and shot the lawmakers and their spouses at their respective Twin Cities homes on June 14. He was arrested at his Sibley County home after a 36-hour manhunt that officials said was the largest in state history. 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