Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man Accused Of Killing Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally shooting a prominent Minnesota state representative and her husband and seriously wounding a state senator and his wife. The indictment handed up Tuesday lists murder, stalking and firearms charges against Vance Boelter. The murder counts in the deaths of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband could carry the federal death penalty. Boelter is accused of going to the lawmakers’ homes June 14 disguised as a police officer in a fake squad car with lists of other Democratic officials as potential targets.

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