Sentencing date set for man charged in Minnesota House speaker’s assassination

Published June 24, 2026 5:24pm ET | Updated June 24, 2026 5:24pm ET



A federal judge has scheduled the sentencing date for the man facing charges for assassinating Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband last summer.

Vance Boelter will be sentenced on July 23, over one year after he allegedly fatally shot the Hortmans. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim will preside over the sentencing proceeding at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis.

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