'Grounds for expulsion': GOP senator accused of 'mocking' the murder of two Dems

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23. Is Ann Rest your state senator? She is mine . . . Also Boelter visited a state rep's home who lives in Maple Grove

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Chilling details emerge in Minnesota shootings as Vance Boelter faces federal charges: 'Stuff of nightmares', ABC News, 1218p 6/16/25
https://abcnews.go.com/US/minnesota-lawmakers-shooting-suspect-vance-boelter-due-court/story?id=122882740

. . . ((After shooting the Hoffmans -P)) At 2:24 a.m., Boelter allegedly drove to a state representative's house in Maple Grove, Thompson said. That lawmaker was not home as she and her family were on vacation, Thompson said, and Boelter left the scene. Boelter then allegedly drove to a state senator's home in New Hope and parked on the street, Thompson said. ((there's only one state senator living in New Hope that I know of -- Ann Rest, DFL New Hope -P))

At 2:36 a.m., after learning of the shooting at Hoffman's home, New Hope police dispatched an officer to the New Hope lawmaker's house, Thompson said. When the officer arrived, she saw Boelter's car parked down the block and she believed Boelter was an officer dispatched to the scene, Thompson said.

The officer pulled up next to Boelter, rolled down her window and tried to speak with him, but he did not respond and stared straight ahead, Thompson said. So the New Hope officer drove to the state senator's home and waited for other law enforcement, and by that time, Boelter had left the scene, Thompson said.

After the Hoffmans were shot, officers proactively went to the home of his fellow lawmaker, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Melissa Hortman, in the nearby town of Brooklyn Park. . . .

Update:

Source: Sen. Ann Rest, Rep. Kristin Bahner were targeted by accused killer, Kare11, 2 pm CDT 6/16/25
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/source-sen-ann-rest-rep-kristin-bahner-were-targeted-by-accused-killer/89-29ca0a48-6a21-40b5-bbb7-1ecb38bc1f78

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — A source has confirmed the identities of two state lawmakers allegedly targeted by accused killer Vance Boelter.

The two women were among the handwritten names found on a list inside a vehicle used in a deadly attack.

. . . "Video surveillance showed that Boelter rang the doorbell at the state representative's house at approximately 2:24 a.m... he was dressed as a law enforcement officer wearing a tactical vest and body armor, carrying a handgun and a flashlight and wearing that same hyper realistic silicon mask," Thompson shared. "Again, the images, as you can see on the screen are haunting."

Boelter then allegedly proceeded to the residence of a state senator from New Hope, and parked nearby just after 2:30 a.m. Fortunately, New Hope police had been informed of the Hoffman shootings in Champlin and proactively sent out an officer to the lawmaker's home.

. . . early Monday afternoon Rest sent out a statement saying she is aware she was targeted.

"I have been made aware that the shooting suspect was parked near my home early Saturday morning. I am so grateful for the heroic work of the New Hope Police Department and its officers. Their quick action saved my life," Rest wrote. "I am also thankful for the work of state and local law enforcement to apprehend the suspect before he could take any more lives."

. . . Rep. Bahner has not publicly commented on this new development.