NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vance Boelter left the state of Minnesota in fear after he allegedly posed as a police officer and carried out the shootings of two state lawmakers, killing one and her husband, at their homes last week. But what can you do to verify that the person who … Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Hundreds of people, some clutching candles or carrying flowers to lay in front of a memorial, gathered outside Minnesota’s Capitol on Wednesday evening for a vigil to remember a prominent state lawmaker and her husband who were gunned down at their home. As a brass quintet from the Minnesota Orchestra played, … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Minnesota man with a dream of cycling across all seven continents was forced to come up with alternative plans after Israel launched a barrage of air strikes on Iran’s military leaders and nuclear facilities, close to where he was riding. The Associated Press said 32-year-old Ian … Read more
Vance Boelter was preoccupied with societal problems and how he could fix them to serve the greater good, according to some of his previous writings and the man who worked with Boelter for more than a decade doing web design for a series of his projects. Before allegedly carrying out a “political assassination” on Saturday, … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration: the death penalty. Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911, and the state’s last execution was a botched hanging in 1906. But federal prosecutors … Read more
A Sunday evening at home with her children took a dark turn for Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Hillary Scholten when she says state police delivered the horrifying news that she was on a suspected killer’s alleged target list. “It was truly chilling,” Scholten told ABC News on Tuesday, describing the moment she says authorities told her … Read more
Republican Sen. Mike Lee is facing criticism over his social media posts about the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband — with one Democratic senator calling the posts “reprehensible.” On Sunday night — a day after a masked gunman disguised as a police officer shot and killed Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police interaction with alleged Minnesota lawmaker shooter Vance Boelter likely prevented the loss of more lives, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said on Monday. Bruley said an off-duty sergeant had heard that there was a shooting at Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman’s home and sent two … Read more
Late Sunday night in Green Isle, Minnesota, Wendy Thomas was on the phone with her father when she was someone in a field. Thomas watched as the person reached a culvert and squatted, she told ABC News affiliate KSTP. “I was like, Dad, that’s somebody,” she told the outlet. “He said, ‘Hang up and call … Read more
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress will attend emergency briefings this week after the murder of a Minnesota state lawmaker brought renewed fears — and stoked existing partisan tensions — over the security of federal lawmakers when in Washington and at home. The suspect in the attack had dozens of federal lawmakers listed in his writings, … Read more