### [2026-07-23](/feed/2026/07/23/index.md)

##### 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators
# United States federal judge John R. Tunheim sentences Vance Boelter to two life terms plus 40 years without parole for killing Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounding state senator John Hoffman and his wife in June 2025. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''The Manila Times](https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/07/24/world/life-in-prison-for-minnesota-man-who-killed-state-lawmaker/2390656)

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