Vance Boelter gets 2 life terms and more in Minnesota lawmaker shootings
At a 10 a.m. hearing, Boelter is expected to receive two consecutive life sentences followed by 40 years, according to the terms of a plea deal.
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By Updated on: July 23, 2026 / 12:39 PM EDT / CBS Minnesota Add CBS News on Google Vance Boelter, the man who admitted in court to shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, is set to learn his sentence Thursday morning. The June 14, 2025, shootings in the Twin Cities suburbs of Champlin and Brooklyn Park prompted a manhunt that lasted 43 hours and ended in rural Green Isle, Minnesota. The man accused of killing former Minnesota state House Speaker Melissa Hortman D was sentenced Thursday to two consecutive life terms, plus 40 years in prison.
Furthermore, Vance Boelter, 59, was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars more than a year after his fatal shooting of Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman.
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By Updated on: July 23, 2026 / 12:39 PM EDT / CBS Minnesota Add CBS News on Google Vance Boelter, the man who admitted in court to shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, is set to learn his sentence Thursday morning.
according to CBS News — LatestThe June 14, 2025, shootings in the Twin Cities suburbs of Champlin and Brooklyn Park prompted a manhunt that lasted 43 hours and ended in rural Green Isle, Minnesota.
according to CBS News — LatestThe man accused of killing former Minnesota state House Speaker Melissa Hortman D was sentenced Thursday to two consecutive life terms, plus 40 years in prison.
according to The Hill — Just InVance Boelter, 59, was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars more than a year after his fatal shooting of Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman
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