Vance Boelter received two life sentences plus 40 years for a brutal series of attacks that killed former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounded State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. Sen. Hoffman, still recovering from nine bullet wounds, testified about the lasting trauma and the steel doors now guarding his home. Yvette described fighting for her life, watching blood pool around her, and now living in constant fear. The Hoffmans condemned Boelter’s past as a pastor as irrelevant to his heinous, premeditated acts — he even looked Sen. Hoffman in the eye before shooting. Their daughter Hope blamed systemic failures in mental health and gun control, calling Boelter a hateful father who must face the consequences of his actions. The family emphasized no sentence can undo the lifelong damage. Boelter still faces additional state charges and a civil suit, with prosecutors calling it a targeted political assassination.
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