17 Jun 2025

USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben

From Nine To Noon, 10:06 am on 17 June 2025
This booking photo released by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office on June 16, 2025, shows Vance Boelter at the Hennepin County Jail in Minnesota. The suspected killer of a Democratic lawmaker and her husband in Minnesota is due to appear in court Monday on felony charges, after a two-day manhunt. The suspect, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, allegedly disguised himself as a police officer, then shot and killed Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark at their home early Saturday. Boelter was captured in Sibley County, a rural area about an hour southwest of the Minneapolis suburbs where the killings occurred, police and state officials said. (Photo by HANDOUT / Hennepin County Sheriff's Office / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE / HANDOUT" - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Vance Boelter at the Hennepin County Jail in Minnesota: Photo released by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office on June 16, 2025. Photo: Handout / Hennepin County Sheriff's Office / AFP

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Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.

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