WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A Minnesota man who shot dead a state lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for what a judge called an “attack on democracy,” United States (US) media reported.

Vance Boelter, 59, disguised himself as a police officer during the June 14, 2025 shootings at the homes of two Democratic members of the Minnesota state legislature.

State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in what the authorities said was a politically motivated attack. State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were seriously wounded.