A Minnesota man plans to plead not guilty to charges he killed the top Democratic leader in the state House and her husband​ after wounding another lawmaker and his wife​, his attorney said.

The latest arrest came soon after Vance Boelter allegedly did the same and shot two state legislators and their spouses.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said the indictment includes a "notice of special findings," which he says is the first step in seeking the death penalty.

The federal government assigned a public defender, Kimberly Sharkey, who is an experienced death penalty attorney based in ...

Prosecutors in the case of Vance Boelter, the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses last month, ...

A search warrant announced alongside the indictment revealed more about the alleged assassin’s mindset before the deadly ...

New reporting from the Minnesota Star Tribune raises serious questions about the police response to last month’s targeted ...

The BriefA grand jury has handed up a six-count indictment against Vance Boelter.Boelter is charged in the shooting of two lawmakers last month that left Rep. Melissa Hortman dead.Boelter could ...

Periods of religious zealotry and an unsettled professional career were intertwined for years before he was accused of murder.

A lifelong friend of the alleged Minnesota gunman says Vance Boelter had been struggling to find work and was wrestling with a “darkness that was inside of him” at the time of the shootings.

Authorities have identified a suspect in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers on Saturday, June 14, as a 57-year-old man named Vance Luther Boelter, they announced in a press conference on ...

Boelter was accused of shooting to death Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their dog, and shooting and injuring State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.