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Minnesota Shooting Suspect’s Wife Offers Sympathies to Lawmakers’ Families
- Vance Boelter is accused of fatally shooting former Speaker of the Minnesota House, Melissa Hortman, and her husband at their residence on June 14, 2025, while also wounding State Senator John Hoffman and his wife during a separate attack.
- The shootings triggered a large investigation and manhunt, with law enforcement first contacting Boelter's family the morning of June 14 before his arrest in Green Isle.
- Boelter's wife, Jenny, released a statement on Thursday expressing shock and heartbreak, emphasizing their full cooperation with authorities including meeting agents voluntarily and providing requested items.
- She expressed that they were deeply stunned and devastated by the incident, describing the violence as a violation of their Christian values, and offered sincere condolences to the families affected.
- Boelter remains in custody with a court appearance scheduled for June 27, while the investigation continues and authorities are thanked for their professional efforts and protection.
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‘Completely blindsided’: Wife of Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect releases statement
ST. PAUL — Jenny Boelter, the wife of Vance Boelter — suspect in the shootings of two Minnesota Lawmakers and their spouses — released a statement Thursday saying the violence was a "betrayal" of her family's beliefs. “We are absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blindsided,” Jenny Boelter said in the statement. “This violence does not at all align with our beliefs as a family. It is a betrayal of everything we hold true as tenets of ou…
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In the statement, Jenny Boelter expressed sympathies to the Hortman and Hoffman families, and recounted the hours after her husband allegedly shot the lawmakers and their spouses.
Minnesota shooting suspect’s wife offers sympathies to lawmakers’ families
Jenny Boelter, the wife of the Minnesota shooting suspect, extended her sympathies to the families of the lawmakers and spouses who were slain or seriously wounded in their homes earlier this month. In a statement provided through a legal representative, Boelter said she was “absolutely shocked” and “horrified” by the shootings and was cooperating fully…
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GREEN ISLE — The wife of the man charged with shooting two Minnesota political leaders and their families offered sympathies to the victims and their families Thursday morning, calling the attacks a “betrayal of everything we hold true as tenets…
Wife of suspect in shooting of Minnesota lawmaker calls husband's alleged actions 'a betrayal'
The wife of the man accused in the Minnesota lawmaker shootings spoke out for the first time Thursday, calling the attack that left two dead and two others wounded "a betrayal."Vance Boelter, 57, is facing state and federal charges in connection with two June 14 shootings at the homes of Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Democratic state Sen.
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