The man accused of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses has been indicted, and authorities have released a disturbing letter he allegedly wrote.
A grand jury indicted Vance Boelter for the killing of Democratic Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and, according to the FBI, a letter recovered from a car near his home shows the murders were part of a plot involving Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The chilling message claimed Boelter was carrying out a “project” by the Democratic governor to kill Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and others.
“Dear Kash Patel. My name is Dr. Vance Luther, Boelter E.D.D. I am the shooter at large in Minnesota,” Boelter, 57, wrote to FBI Director Kash Patel in the letter that was released Tuesday by federal prosecutors, according to The Independent.
(Video Credit: CBS News Minnesota)
“I was hired by U.S. Military people off the books starting in college,” he allegedly stated in the handwritten note, claiming he “was approached about a project that Tim Walz wanted done.”
“In the letter scrawled on the back of a calendar, Boelter claimed Gov. Tim Walz had instructed him to kill U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith so Walz could take one of their Senate seats,” KSTP reported.
BREAKING: Accused Minnesota political assassin Vance Boelter’s full confession letter released. pic.twitter.com/9JF21khtQn
— Liz Collin (@lizcollin) July 15, 2025
“Tim is probably crapping bricks right now because I’m still at large and he knows what I can do, and that I know about where all the buried skeletons are,” the letter stated.
The letter also claimed that Walz, the former Democratic vice presidential nominee, instructed Boelter to “remove [Minnesota Attorney General] Keith Ellison with a double poisoning method.”
“The accused said he refused the deal and ‘called off that plan,’ but said that Walz promised to blackmail him, ‘If I didn’t play ball,'” The Independent reported. “Boelter then said he met with Walz and had ‘some people waiting to kill me’ when he returned home – an incident that informed his decision to shoot the lawmakers.”
BREAKING: Vance Boelter has just been formally indicted on federal charges for the murders of Melissa and Mark Hortman.
Throw the book at him. pic.twitter.com/uzwRpeU0di
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) July 15, 2025
Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said it is not clear if the confessions in the letter and the alleged plot directed by Walz are just a delusional fantasy by Boelter.
“Was it a delusion that he believes, or was it a delusion that is designed as an effort to misdirect our investigation or to, frankly, excuse his crimes? Well, that’s a good question,” Thompson said at Tuesday’s news conference. “It certainly seems designed to excuse his crimes.”
Social media users weighed in on the “bizarre” developments and whether the mainstream media would cover it.
This whole story, at every point, is very bizarre.
— Ellie A (@EllieGAnders) July 15, 2025
The right thing to do would’ve been to release this initially to get out ahead of it.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 15, 2025
If this is real, it’s beyond sick, and the media better not bury it. Either way Timmy is going to have some explaining to do!
— Luca Taner (@LucaTaner) July 15, 2025
I have to say I’m no fan of Walz. Still, I highly doubt this is true. Perhaps Boelter believes it to be true.
— goldie✝️ (@yesitswhouthink) July 15, 2025
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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