明尼苏达州众议员霍特曼夫妇遭枪杀 参议员夫妇同晨中枪 枪手两日后落网
2025年6月14日凌晨，美国明尼苏达州亨内平县接连发生针对民选官员的枪击：州参议员 John Hoffman 与妻子 Yvette Hoffman 在钱普林市（Champlin）家中中枪受伤，州众议员、前众议长 Melissa Hortman 与丈夫 Mark Hortman 随后在布鲁克林公园市（Brooklyn Park）家中遭枪杀。美国司法部6月16日宣布，57岁的 Vance Boelter 已被以联邦刑事诉状指控跟踪并谋杀霍特曼夫妇、跟踪并枪击霍夫曼夫妇，当日他在圣保罗联邦法院首次出庭。
据司法部援引法庭文件，Boelter 当日凌晨带着枪支与防弹装备、冒充执法人员，先到霍夫曼家反复敲门、自称警察；霍夫曼夫妇开门后察觉他戴着面罩、试图关门，他随即连开数枪击中两人。其后他又去了另外两名明尼苏达州民选官员的家，但未能与对方或家人接触。随后他开车到霍特曼家；当地警员因霍夫曼家枪击案前来做安全检查时，看见他那辆装有警用灯、仿执法车辆的黑色福特探险者 SUV，并目睹他向屋内开枪、多次击中 Mark Hortman，又冲进屋内多次击中 Melissa Hortman。两名霍特曼均因伤重死亡，Boelter 弃车徒步逃走。
执法人员搜查其遗弃的 SUV，找到5支枪（包括半自动突击式步枪）、大量弹药与几本手写笔记本，笔记里列有数十名明尼苏达州与联邦民选官员的姓名，不少还注有家庭住址。联邦、州与地方执法机构随即展开为期两天的追捕，联邦调查局称这是明尼苏达州历史上规模最大的追捕行动。6月15日晚约9时15分，执法人员在 Green Isle 一处田野里找到 Boelter，其位置距他家约一英里，随后将他逮捕。
司法部长 Pamela Bondi 表示，司法部将以法律允许的最严厉程度追究这名嫌疑人。代理联邦检察官 Joe Thompson 称，这是蓄意的政治暗杀，是对明尼苏达州与民主的攻击。联邦调查局局长 Kash Patel 表示，被告据指备有目标名单、逐户上门对公职人员实施暴力袭击，这种暴力不可接受。案件由联邦调查局、明尼苏达州刑事逮捕局、烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局与多家地方警局共同调查。检方提醒，刑事诉状只是指控，被告在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
关联：明尼苏达州610号公路命名为「霍特曼纪念公路」：纪念前众议长梅丽莎·霍特曼夫妇
（来源：美国司法部）
Minnesota Representative Hortman and Husband Shot Dead; Senator and Wife Wounded; Suspect Captured After Two-Day Manhunt
In the early morning hours of June 14, 2025, Minnesota elected officials were targeted in a series of shootings in Hennepin County, Minnesota: State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman were shot and wounded at their home in Champlin, and State Representative and Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were then shot and killed at their home in Brooklyn Park. On June 16, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Vance Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, had been charged by federal complaint with stalking and murdering the Hortmans and with stalking and shooting the Hoffmans, and that he would make his initial appearance that day in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul.
According to court documents cited by the Department of Justice, Boelter equipped himself with firearms and body armor, disguised himself as a law enforcement officer, and drove to the Hoffman home, where he knocked repeatedly claiming to be a police officer. After the Hoffmans opened the door and realized he was wearing a facemask, they tried to close the door, but Boelter repeatedly shot both of them. He then traveled to the homes of two other Minnesota elected officials without making contact with them or their families. Next he drove to the Hortman home, where local officers conducting a safety check saw his black Ford Explorer SUV, designed to look like a law enforcement vehicle with its police-style lights flashing, and saw him fire into the home, repeatedly striking Mark Hortman, then rush inside and repeatedly strike Representative Hortman. Both Hortmans died from their wounds, and Boelter fled on foot, abandoning the SUV.
Law enforcement searching the SUV recovered five firearms, including semi-automatic, assault-style rifles, a large quantity of ammunition, and several notebooks filled with handwritten notations listing the names of dozens of Minnesota state and federal elected officials, often with their home addresses. A two-day manhunt followed, described by the FBI as the largest manhunt in Minnesota's history. At approximately 9:15 p.m. on June 15, law enforcement located Boelter in a field in Green Isle, about one mile from his family residence, and took him into custody.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi said the Department of Justice will prosecute the suspect to the fullest extent of the law. Acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson called the attacks targeted political assassinations and an attack on Minnesota and on democracy. FBI Director Kash Patel said the defendant allegedly had a list of possible targets and went to the homes of public officials to conduct violent attacks. The FBI, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the ATF, and several local police departments are investigating. Prosecutors noted that a complaint is merely an allegation and that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Related: Minnesota Designates Highway 610 as the Hortman Memorial Highway Honoring Melissa and Mark Hortman
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于明尼苏达州拉姆西县圣保罗市的明尼苏达州议会大厦，霍特曼曾在此担任州众议员并出任众议长。Myotus 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, where Hortman served as a state representative and Speaker of the House. Photo by Myotus, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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