(Washington) The alleged murderer of a Democratic representative of Minnesota and her husband went to the total to the homes of four different elected officials, the federal prosecutor of this American prosecutor Joe Thompson revealed on Monday.
Vance Boelter, 57, arrested on Sunday evening after almost two days of human hunting, is targeted by six charges at the federal level, two of which were murder by firearm, “liable to life imprisonment, even capital punishment,” said Prosecutor Joe Thompson, during a press conference.
At the very first hours of June 14, “he went to the homes of four elected officials from the state of Minnesota with the intention of killing them,” said Thompson.
Photobureau of the Sheriff of the County of Ramsey, supplied by Reuters
Vance Boelter was arrested on Sunday evening, after almost two days of intensive research throughout the Minneapolis.
But two of these attempts failed, one because the chosen one went on vacation with her family and the other thanks to the presence at the scene of a police car, he explained.
Vance Boelter is accused of dressed as a police officer to kill, at their respective home, Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortmann, and of having seriously injured another elected official, John Hoffman, as well as his wife.
It is also targeted at the state of Minnesota by two counts of murder and two of attempted murder. But the general prosecutor of the state Mary Moriarty announced on Monday her intention to initiate prosecution for assassination.
It must be presented at a Minnesota court on Monday at 1:30 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. East).
