Boelter to Plead Guilty in Hortman and Hoffman Shootings

(MNN)-Federal prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with Vance Boelter, who is now expected to plead guilty in last year’s deadly attacks targeting two Minnesota lawmakers and their families.  Under the proposed deal, the Justice Department says it will not seek the death penalty.  Boelter is charged with posing as a police officer before fatally shooting former House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their Brooklyn Park home last June.  Investigators say he also shot Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their house in Champlin.  Separate state charges remain pending against Boelter while the federal case moves ahead.