A handout photo released on June 15, 2025, shows Vance Luther Boelter, 57, the suspected gunman in the shooting deaths of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, in custody at an undisclosed location. Ramsey County Sheriff's Office via Facebook/Handout via Reuters

The suspect in an alleged mass assassination plot admitted guilt on Thursday in the “stalking, shooting, and murdering” of a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband, along with an attack that wounded a second lawmaker and his wife.

Vance Luther Boelter’s change-of-plea in a Minneapolis federal courtroom came nearly a year after the fatal shootings of former Minnesota House speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, at their home.

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