He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

What federal charges reveal about the case against Vance Boelter originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Federal charges against Vance Boelter have revealed new details about the night he allegedly shot state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife and murdered Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.

Authorities arrested and charged Vance Boelter on Sunday night after he allegedly shot and killed House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband in their Brooklyn Park home and shot and seriously injured state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in their home in Champlin.

St. Cloud State graduate Vance Boelter appeared in federal court Monday afternoon. He is assigned a public defender, citing financial woes.

The man accused of shooting Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses has ties to Wisconsin that date back decades. FOX6 News found Vance Boelter has connections from western to southeast Wisconsin. Boelter is being held without bail on federal stalking and murder charges. He also faces state murder charges.

Hennepin County's chief prosecutor, Mary Moriarty, said at a news conference on Monday (June 16) that her office would seek first-degree murder charges against Vance Boelter, a man accused of killing a Democratic state lawmaker while posing as a police officer.

Heavily armed and dressed in tactical armor with a silicone mask hiding his face and a police-style badge, Vance Boelter made a convincing police officer – so much so that a real police officer mistook him for a fellow cop.

New details about Vance Boelter, accused of fatally shooting a state lawmaker and her husband, were revealed in court documents.