Via Wikimedia Commons (CC-TV still of Vance Luther Boelter, released by the FBI)

Vance Boelter

Arcs in the news about Vance Boelter from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 23 stories · 303 articles · earliest story we hold Jun 14, 2025

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Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Sep 2.

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The shootings of Minnesota lawmakers and the case against Vance Boelter

11 of 17 stories this year · gone quiet

1 Minnesota lawmaker killed, 1 injured in targeted shootings. Here · 39 articles, Jun 14What we know about the investigation into the suspected Minnesota gunman · 25 articles, Jun 15Vance Boelter, accused of assassination of DFL House leader Melissa Hortman, apprehended • New Hampshire Bulletin · 10 articles, Jun 16Police investigate apparent break-in at slain Minnesota lawmaker’s home · 8 articles, Jun 18Wife of Minnesota suspect says she was ‘blindsided’ by shootings of state politicians · 7 articles, Jun 26Melissa Hortman, husband, dog to lie in state at Minnesota Capitol · 10 articles, Jun 27Funeral of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark · 7 articles, Jun 28Federal grand jury indicts Vance Boelter in Minnesota lawmaker shootings · 29 articles, Jul 15Suspect in shooting of Minnesota lawmakers pleads not guilty in federal court · 17 articles, Aug 7Hennepin County grand jury indicts Vance Boelter on first-degree murder charges · 13 articles, Aug 14Minnesota House returns to a tie in special election to fill Melissa Hortman’s seat · 17 articles, Sep 16

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else2 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Vance Boelter that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Aug 7Man charged with killing a top Minnesota House Democrat pleads not guilty5 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 2 right
  2. Jun 16Extensive planning and a list of names: Takeaways from the federal complaint against Vance Boelter6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
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