The wife of alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter says her family was “completely blindsided” by her husband’s politically motivated shooting spree that left a lawmaker and her husband dead earlier this month.
Speaking via a lawyer, Jenny Boelter expressed her horror at her husband’s alleged murder of former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman, her husband, and the shootings that left state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette wounded.
Jenny Boelter, wife of accused Minnesota assasin Vance Boelter, has released a statement after the deadly shootings. Jenny Boelter/Facebook“On behalf of my children and myself, I want to express our deepest sympathies to the Hortman and Hoffman families. Our condolences are with all who are grieving during this unimaginably difficult time, and we are praying daily for them,” Boelter said in a statement through her legal team.
“We are absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blindsided. This violence does not at all align with our beliefs as a family. It is a betrayal of everything we hold true as tenets of our Christian faith. We are appalled and horrified by what occurred and our hearts are incredibly heavy for the victims of this unfathomable tragedy,” she added.
Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband were killed inside their Brooklyn Park home along with their golden retriever, Gilbert, in the early hours of June 14.
Some 90 minutes earlier, Sen. Hoffman and his wife were shot inside their home in Champlin around seven miles away.
Sen John Hoffman was wounded and Rep. Melissa Hortman killed in the targeted attacks. MelissaHortman/FacebookJenny Boelter was detained and questioned later the same day, as her husband was on the run.
Cops found a weapon, ammo, cash and passports in her car, KTSP reported at the time.
Boetler refuted reports that she had been stopped by police that chaotic morning.
Boelter allegedly used a disguise in the politically-motivated shooting spree. FBI“I received a call from law enforcement and immediately drove to meet agents at a nearby gas station,” she said in her statement.
“We were not pulled over; we parked and waited until they arrived. When they did, we voluntarily agreed to meet with them, answer their questions, provide all items they requested, and cooperate with all searches,” she continued.
Boelter, 57, was captured after the biggest manhunt in state history around 36 hours after the shootings near his home in Green Isle, a hamlet some 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis.
He remains in prison on federal and state murder and attempted murder charges.
