Vance Boelter changes plea to guilty in Minn. lawmaker shootings that killed Rep. Melissa Hortman, husband

Vance Boelter entered a surprise guilty plea in federal court on Thursday, admitting to the targeted assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband

The Minnesota man accused of killing a state lawmaker and her husband in a politically motivated assassination pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday.

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Vance Boelter pleaded gulity Thuirsday to the fatal shooting of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband.  (AP)

Vance Boelter entered a guilty plea in Minneapolis for the fatal shootings of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman.

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