The federal government assigned a public defender, Kimberly Sharkey, who is an experienced death penalty attorney based in ...

Periods of religious zealotry and an unsettled professional career were intertwined for years before he was accused of murder ...

His lawyer didn’t say whether mental health defense will be pursued. It’s possible, but the bar is high, legal experts say.

The man accused of assassinating one Minnesota lawmaker and critically wounding another waived his detention hearing on Thursday, meaning he will remain behind bars without bail ahead of his trial.

Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott on Friday blasted Vance Boelter, the alleged gunman in the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers, after his defense team complained about conditions at the ...

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (Northern News Now) - Vance Boelter’s wife says she and her children are shocked by her husband’s alleged involvement in a recent attack on the Minnesota lawmakers.

Vance Boelter, the suspect in the deadly Minnesota lawmaker shootings, appeared in federal court on Friday morning as Melissa and Mark Hortman are set to lie in state at the Minnesota State Capitol.

The Sherburne County Sheriff called Boelter's claims "disgusting" in a sharp rebuke Friday afternoon.

Multiple affidavits — one of which was unsealed on June 20 — outline how Boelter allegedly planned and carried out the attack, as well as what followed in its aftermath.

Jenny Boelter released a statement through a lawyer saying she and her family are fully cooperating with law enforcement in the investigation of Vance Boelter.

Suspected Minnesota assassin under suicide watch; hearing continued over jail conditions Vance Boelter, who is accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, is under suicide watch and told the ...