The alleged killer of a Minnesota state congresswoman and her husband visited the homes of four different state politicians, all from the Democratic Party, "with the intention of killing them", revealed State Attorney Joe Thompson, quoted by Agence France-Presse, BTA reported.
Vance Bolter, 57, who was arrested after a nearly two-day manhunt, has been charged with six federal charges, including two counts of murder with a firearm, "punishable by life in prison or even the death penalty," Thompson said.
In the early hours of June 14, "he went to the homes of of four Minnesota congressmen with the intent to kill them," Thompson said. But two of those attempts failed - one because the target was on vacation with his family and the other because a police car was at the scene, he said.
Vance Bolter is accused of dressing up as a police officer to kill Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, in their homes, and seriously wounding another state congressman, John Hoffman, and his wife.
He has also been charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder in Minnesota. But state Attorney General Mary Moriarty announced today that she intends to file charges of first-degree murder.