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Chicago police investigating at least 7 separate shootings overnight
Police are investigating at least seven different shootings since 9 p.m. Thursday. So far, no arrests have been made. The shootings took place at the following times and locations: Englewood, 9:10 p.m. A 32-year-old man was walking out of a store, in the 600 block of West 63rd Street, when an armed person fired shots, hitting him multiple times in the torso. Chicago police said the victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he died. No arrests have been made. Police are investigating. Near North Side, 11:30 p.m. Chicago police said an 18-year-old was shot while walking with a group of friends near Hobbie Street and Cambridge Avenue. Police say the shooter got away, but they are talking to a person of interest. The teen is expected to recover. Englewood, 1:43 a.m. Chicago police said a 29-year-old man was trying to break up a fight between two women, in the 6700 block of South Parnell Avenue, when a man took out a handgun and fired shots. The 20-year-old victim was shot in the shoulder and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition. Police said the gunman left the scene. No arrests have been made. Englewood, 2:05 a.m. Chicago police said a 56-year-old woman was standing with a group of people in the 6800 block of South Winchester when a person approached and fired shots. The woman was shot in the right calf. She was taken to Christ Hospital in good condition. No other injuries were reported. No arrests have been made, and police are investigating. Englewood, 2:15 a.m. Another shooting was reported on 63rd Street. Police said a man was shot several times at the Citgo gas station on 63rd Street, right off the Dan Ryan Expressway. Police said three men with guns approached the car he was parked in, shot the 37-year-old, and ran off. The man was hit in the back and the elbow and is in good condition at the hospital. No one is in custody. Near West Side, 2:52 a.m. Two men were in a yard in the 300 block of South Campbell Avenue when police said they heard gunshots and felt pain. The 29-year-old man was shot int he right foot and the 33-year-old man was shot in the leg. They took themselves to Stroger Hospital where they were listed in good condition, police said. No arrests have been made. Area Four detectives are investigating. South Loop, 3 a.m. Police said a 27-year-old man approached a group breaking into his car in the 2000 block of South Wabash Avenue. Police said the group fired shots, hitting the man in the back. He was taken to Northwestern Hospital in good condition. Police said no one is in custody. Area Three detectives are investigating.
ABC News
2 hours ago
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Matthew Harley Gempton tells murder trial of Peter Nguyen-Ha his former friend fired fatal shots
A debt collector turned prosecution witness in a Perth murder trial has described how his former friend fired shots into a suburban home, killing an innocent man. Peter Nguyen-Ha is on trial, accused of murdering Ralph Matthews Cox, who was shot dead through the bedroom window of his Landsdale home in January 2022. The court had heard that Mr Nguyen-Ha and Matthew Harley Gempton had gone to the home looking for another man over stolen money. Gempton, who has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Matthews Cox, has taken the stand to give evidence for the prosecution in return for a reduced sentence. Gempton told the WA Supreme Court Mr Nguyen-Ha loaded a shotgun when they were driving to Landsdale, assuring him they were only "salt rounds". The court heard that when they arrived Mr Nguyen-Ha walked to the house, wearing a mask and carrying the shotgun. He told the court he heard someone say "who turned the power off" and "who's out the front". Gempton told the court Mr Nguyen-Ha called out "where's Anthony Prior" and then fired three times. He said he then heard a woman scream. He described the third shot as "definitely louder" than the others and said he saw "a big flame that lit up the front of the house". He told the court that when Mr Nguyen-Ha got back into the car, he said he "just shot at the window, the corner of the window" to scare them. Gempton maintained he did not find out until later that someone had died, when he saw it on the news. Police had said Mr Cox, who suffered fatal injuries in the shooting, had no involvement with crime and was an innocent victim. Gempton was a debt collector for drug money, telling the court he used to drive Mr Nguyen-Ha around in return for money and meth. The 36-year-old said he had been using methylamphetamine "more than once a day". He also told how he came to shoot himself in the leg after Mr Nguyen-Ha was assaulted, and had tens of thousands of dollars stolen in December 2021. He said he was driving someone else's car, searching for Mr Nguyen-Ha, who had asked him to go to a 7-Eleven in Wangara. Gempton said he looked around inside the vehicle for a weapon and found a rifle he did not know was there. "Pulled it out and sat it on my lap, and it went off," Gempton said. "Scorched all the nerve endings on one side. "Just pissing out blood on one side." He went to Joondalup Hospital, where he was interviewed by police but lied to them, claiming he was shot by a bikie. Gempton denied firing any guns on the night of the Landsdale shooting, or in earlier incidents in Girrawheen and Wanneroo which took place days earlier. In these, he and others, including Peter Nguyen-Ha, had allegedly targeted the wrong homes looking for Anthony Prior. Prosecutor Beau Sertorio asked Gempton why he had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other charges if he had never actually fired a weapon. The 36-year-old said he still "had a role to play", saying he did not call police after the first shooting at Girrawheen. He told the court that initially, he "thought it was just going to be a fight with Anthony Prior" and following that he "got told to go" to the other scenes. At Wanneroo and Landsdale he was "just driving", he said. The court heard Gempton's sentence was cut by more than five years and nine months, to 12 years, and he could be re-sentenced if he did not give full and truthful evidence. He is due to be cross-examined on Monday. The trial continues.
Fox News
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Minnesota shooting timeline: Suspect Vance Boelter's last words to family before capture
Print Close By Audrey Conklin Published June 20, 2025 A Minnesota man is in custody after allegedly shooting two state lawmakers and their spouses, killing two Saturday morning. Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was captured in Sibley County after a two-day manhunt and now faces state and federal murder charges, among other crimes. He is accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband, Mark, early Saturday morning at their Brooklyn Park home in Minneapolis. He also allegedly shot state Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, in their nearby Champlin home in a related attack. The Sibley County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Boelter "verbally" identified himself to authorities searching for him in the area on Sunday evening. MINNESOTA LAWMAKER HAPPENED TO BE ON VACATION WHEN MASKED SUSPECT KNOCKED ON DOOR "The face of evil," the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post Sunday, along with a photo of Boelter's capture. "After relentless and determined police work, the killer is now in custody. Thanks to the dedication of multiple agencies working together along with support from the community, justice is one step closer." In the days since the shootings, officials have released more information in court records, establishing a clearer timeline of events: June 14 2 a.m. Authorities responded to a 911 call around 2:06 a.m. Saturday from the Hoffmans' daughter reporting that her parents — John and Yvette — had been shot in their home in Champlin. Both victims were transported to a nearby hospital and are expected to recover. MINNESOTA SHOOTING SUSPECT VANCE BOELTER TO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES IN LAWMAKER ATTACKS Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., shared a message from Hoffman's wife on Sunday, saying John was shot nine times and Yvette was struck eight times. "John is enduring many surgeries right now and is closer every hour to being out of the woods," Yvette wrote in a message to Klobuchar. "He took [nine] bullet hits. I took [eight] and we are both incredibly lucky to be alive. We are gutted and devastated by the loss of Melissa and Mark. There is never a place for this kind of political hate." HEAR THE DISPATCH CALL: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said "the heroic actions by the Hoffman family and their daughter Hope saved countless lives" during a news conference Sunday. "The latest news is Sen. Hoffman came out of his final surgery and is moving toward that, toward recovery," Walz said at Sunday night's news conference. 2:24 a.m. After the shooting at the Hoffmans' home, Boelter traveled to the home of another Minnesota state representative in the Maple Grove neighborhood, according to court documents and acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson, who spoke during a news conference Monday announcing federal charges against Boelter. MINNESOTA LAWMAKER SHOOTING SUSPECT HAD CACHE OF WEAPONS, HIT LIST IN VEHICLE, COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW Around 2:24 a.m. Saturday, he knocked on the unnamed state lawmaker's door, but no one answered. The lawmaker and his wife were on vacation. Thompson described security footage as "haunting" because the suspect still had on the silicon mask and police uniform worn at the Hoffmans' shooting. "Boelter planned his attack carefully." — Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson 2:36 a.m. Just minutes after knocking on the Maple Grove family's door, Boelter allegedly traveled to another state senator's home in New Hope, Minnesota. Boelter parked on the street in his black SUV. New Hope police dispatched an officer to the state senator's home to conduct a wellness check. Upon arrival, an officer located Boelter's SUV parked on the block with its lights on, according to the U.S. attorney. "The New Hope police officer pulled up next to Boelter … rolled down her window and attempted to speak with him. Boelter did not respond," Thompson said. "The New Hope police officer proceeded to the state senator's home, and she waited for law enforcement to arrive. … By the time they did, Boelter had left the scene." SUSPECTED MINNESOTA LAWMAKER ASSASSIN VANCE BOELTER CAPTURED 3:35 a.m. Boelter then traveled to the Hortmans' home in Brooklyn Park, where he allegedly shot Melissa and Mark while wearing the same police uniform and mask. Officials had been "proactively" dispatched to the Hortmans' home in the Brooklyn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis after hearing what had happened at the Hoffmans' home. Upon arrival at around 3:35 a.m., officers witnessed the suspect shoot one of the victims through the open front door. Officers discovered both victims dead from gunshot wounds inside the house, according to a probable cause statement. MINNESOTA OFFICIALS FIND CAR, HAT BELONGING TO ASSASSIN SUSPECT VANCE BOELTER ON HIGHWAY IN 'FLUID' SEARCH Police exchanged gunfire with Boelter before he fled the area, court documents state. "Question is, how important was it that the police officer stopped at Rep. Hortman's house, which really foiled this entire plan?" Thompson asked during Monday's press conference. "It's incredibly important. That started with a sergeant who was actually off duty – was walking out of the building and had heard that there was a shooting in another community at Sen. Hoffman's house, [and] being alert, said to officers and the police department, 'Hey, drive by Melissa Hortman's house and just check on the house, would you?' And that's essentially why they pulled up and found [him] in the drive." Thomspon added "the criminal act was occurring" when officers arrived at the Hortmans' home. "It's no exaggeration to say this is the stuff of nightmares." — Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson "Had they not foiled the plan … essentially took his vehicle away from him, which involved all his maps, all his names, all his weaponry – I would be very scared what it would look like over the next few hours had [they] not done that," the U.S. attorney said. 5:30 a.m. The Brooklyn Park Police Department issued a shelter-in-place order for residents in the area, FOX 9 Minneapolis first reported. SUSPECT IN SHOOTING OF MINNESOTA LAWMAKER CHARGED WITH MURDER, STALKING; FACES LIFE IN PRISON OR DEATH 6:18 a.m. Boelter texted his family members at 6:18 a.m. Saturday after the shootings, according to court documents. "Dad went to war last night… I don't wanna say more because I don't wanna implicate anybody," the alleged text says. Around the same time, Boelter allegedly sent a message to his wife stating, "Words are not gonna explain how sorry I am for this situation… there's gonna be some people coming to the house armed and trigger-happy and I don't want you guys around." 7 a.m. Boelter meets a witness, identified only as Witness 1 in court documents, at a bus stop in north Minneapolis. DRAMATIC PHOTOS SHOW MINNESOTA LAWMAKER'S HOME DAMAGED IN SHOOTING AS MANHUNT FOR SUSPECT CONTINUES Witness 1 told police Boelter, whom he did not know, was carrying two duffel bags and asked to purchase an electric bike from the witness. The witness agreed, and they boarded the bus to the witness' home. Once there, Boelter allegedly asked to purchase the witness' Buick sedan, and the witness agreed, according to the probable cause statement. Boelter then drove the sedan to a bank in Robinsdale and withdrew $2,000. Cameras captured him wearing a cowboy hat at the time. The suspect allegedly paid the witness $900 for the e-bike and sedan. 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Officials host a news conference announcing the Hortmans were pronounced dead after officials were dispatched to their home that morning. Gov. Tim Walz urged the public not to attend political rallies scheduled for that Saturday in Minneapolis. Sometime Saturday morning, Boelter's wife, Jennifer Boelter, "consented to a search of her car," the probable cause statement states. "From the car, law enforcement recovered two handguns, approximately $10,000 in cash, and passports for Mrs. Boelter and her children, who were in the car with Mrs. Boelter at the time," the document states. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Associated Press first identified Vance Luther Boelter as a suspect in the related Saturday morning shootings. Local records show Gov. Walz and former Gov. Mark Dayton appointed the suspect to the nonpartisan workforce development board in 2019 and 2016, respectively. His term on the board expired in 2023. Officials served a search warrant at a Minneapolis home where Boelter was renting a room with two other roommates. He stayed there some nights to be closer to work, while his family lived in a different home in Green Isle, the Star Tribune reported. Authorities set up a staging area near Boelter's Green Isle home Saturday afternoon. Around 3 p.m. Saturday, authorities officially named Boelter as a suspect in the shootings. 4 p.m. The FBI announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to Boelter's arrest. June 15 2:30 a.m. Authorities received information about an individual riding an e-bike about two miles northeast of Boelter's home in Green Isle. 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The search for Boelter continued into Sunday morning, with Sibley County authorities issuing a be-on-the-lookout alert for Boelter to residents just before 11 a.m. Officials located the suspect's vehicle and cowboy hat off Highway 25 in Faxon Township Sunday morning, leading numerous law enforcement agencies and about 20 SWAT teams to respond to the area to search for Boelter in the rural suburban farming community. Read the complaint: Authorities uncovered a disturbing arsenal in Boelter's possession, documents said. Inside his vehicle, registered to him, police found three AK-47 assault rifles, a 9mm handgun and a list of names and addresses of other public officials. 5:30 p.m. Minneosta authorities held a news conference early Sunday evening, calling the search for Boelter "fluid." 9:10 p.m. Law enforcement located Boelter "in a field" about a mile from his Green Isle home just after 9 p.m. Sunday. The Sibley County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Boelter "verbally" identified himself to authorities searching for him in the area on Sunday evening. Sibley County resident Kevin Effertz, who owns the property where Boelter was arrested, told Fox News Digital Monday that a friend who stopped by his home Sunday saw something suspicious. "She saw this guy out in the field that was by himself, dressed in black, just with his back toward her," Effertz said. "When she started coming down the driveway, he ducked down, which made her kind of suspicious." WATCH SIBLEY COUNTY RESIDENT'S INTERVIEW: The friend then "waved down" a police officer nearby, who told her to go to a safe area. "Within 20 minutes, she called me back and said they already had him," Effertz said. 10:30 p.m. Officials held a news conference announcing the suspect's arrest. Speaking at a news conference alongside other law enforcement officers after Boelter's arrest, Brooklyn Park Police Department Chief Mark Bruley said there were more than 20 different SWAT teams involved in the search. He described it as "the largest manhunt in the state's history." The manhunt included officers from multiple agencies on foot as well as the use of a helicopter. The Hennepin County District Court issued a criminal complaint charging Boelter with four felony counts of second-degree murder with intent (not premeditated). June 16 11 a.m. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office announced that it would be pursuing first-degree murder charges against Boelter. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP His bail was set at $5 million. 12 p.m. U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson announced new federal charges against the suspect, including two counts of stalking, two counts of murder and two counts of gun-related crimes related to the Saturday shootings. Print Close URL
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4 hours ago
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Minnesota lawmaker who survived shooting shares harrowing account of how the attack unfolded
Crime Gun violenceFacebookTweetLink Follow Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, shared details of the harrowing morning nearly a week ago when a man in a silicone mask who knocked on their door and identified himself as a police officer shot them repeatedly. In a statement released Thursday night and obtained by CNN affiliate KARE, the couple publicly describes for the first time the targeted shooting in their Champlin, Minnesota, home that left them critically injured. The night before the shooting, the Hoffmans had returned home from a dinner hosted by the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and went to bed, the statement said. But they were awakened around 2 a.m. Saturday by someone pounding on the front door and shouting, asking to enter and identifying himself as a police officer, the family recounted. When the door opened, the couple and their adult daughter, Hope, were standing in the entryway. When the shooter pointed a gun directly at John Hoffman, the senator lunged at the gunman, and he was shot nine times, according to the statement. 'As John fell, Yvette reached out to push the man and shut the door,' and 'she was also hit eight times by gunfire,' the statement said. That's when Hope Hoffman raced to shut the door and secure the lock. She then called 911, telling the operator the senator had been shot in his home, triggering 'the notice to public safety officials that a politically-motivated act was potentially underway,' the family said. Prosecutors say suspected gunman Vance Boelter visited the homes of at least four Minnesota lawmakers, attempting to kill the Hoffmans and fatally shooting state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman. After the shooting, both John and Yvette Hoffman underwent surgery, according to officials. John Hoffman 'is in critical but stable condition; Yvette Hoffman is in stable condition, as well,' the family statement said. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told reporters at an event Thursday he expected Yvette Hoffman to be released from the hospital that day. No one by Yvette's name is currently at Mercy Hospital, where she had been treated after the shooting, a spokesperson with Allina Health told CNN. Earlier this week, Yvette Hoffman told US Sen. Amy Klobuchar in a text message that she and her husband were 'incredibly lucky to be alive,' Klobuchar shared on her social media. Yvette said at the time her husband had endured 'many surgeries' and is 'closer every hour to being out of the woods.' Boelter, 57, allegedly had a hit list of dozens of targets, which were largely Democrats or figures with ties to Planned Parenthood or the abortion rights movement, officials said. The search for Boelter lasted 43 hours and was the largest manhunt in Minnesota history. He faces six federal charges and four state charges. The Hoffman family said in their statement they are deeply grateful 'for the first responders and for all those in law enforcement who worked so quickly, professionally and selflessly to safeguard others and to apprehend the shooter, starting with our own officers in Champlin and Brooklyn Park.' They added that they are 'heartbroken' by the killing of Melissa and Mark Hortman. Hope Hoffman went to school with their daughter, Sophie Hortman. 'We know that they – along with Colin Hortman - will have each other's support as we all work through the devastating consequences of that horrific night,' John and Yvette Hoffman said. A GoFundMe account benefiting the Hoffman family was set up by Fernbrook Elementary School. The family said it will help them 'pick up the broken pieces of our lives.' 'We are uplifted by the prayers and support from so many across the state of Minnesota and the country: thank you,' the family said. While they realize that working in the public sector means sacrificing a certain level of privacy, the Hoffmans said they are now 'grappling with the reality that we live in a world where public service carries such risks as being targeted because someone disagrees with you or doesn't like what you stand for.' 'As a society, as a nation, as a community, we must work together to return to a level of civility that allows us all to live peacefully,' the statement said. 'The future for our children depends on that. We will be praying for that work and appreciate all those who will join with us.'
CNN
6 hours ago
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Minnesota lawmaker who survived shooting shares harrowing account of how the attack unfolded
Crime Gun violenceFacebookTweetLink Follow Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, shared details of the harrowing morning nearly a week ago when a man in a silicone mask who knocked on their door and identified himself as a police officer shot them repeatedly. In a statement released Thursday night and obtained by CNN affiliate KARE, the couple publicly describes for the first time the targeted shooting in their Champlin, Minnesota, home that left them critically injured. The night before the shooting, the Hoffmans had returned home from a dinner hosted by the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and went to bed, the statement said. But they were awakened around 2 a.m. Saturday by someone pounding on the front door and shouting, asking to enter and identifying himself as a police officer, the family recounted. When the door opened, the couple and their adult daughter, Hope, were standing in the entryway. When the shooter pointed a gun directly at John Hoffman, the senator lunged at the gunman, and he was shot nine times, according to the statement. 'As John fell, Yvette reached out to push the man and shut the door,' and 'she was also hit eight times by gunfire,' the statement said. That's when Hope Hoffman raced to shut the door and secure the lock. She then called 911, telling the operator the senator had been shot in his home, triggering 'the notice to public safety officials that a politically-motivated act was potentially underway,' the family said. Prosecutors say suspected gunman Vance Boelter visited the homes of at least four Minnesota lawmakers, attempting to kill the Hoffmans and fatally shooting state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman. After the shooting, both John and Yvette Hoffman underwent surgery, according to officials. John Hoffman 'is in critical but stable condition; Yvette Hoffman is in stable condition, as well,' the family statement said. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told reporters at an event Thursday he expected Yvette Hoffman to be released from the hospital that day. No one by Yvette's name is currently at Mercy Hospital, where she had been treated after the shooting, a spokesperson with Allina Health told CNN. Earlier this week, Yvette Hoffman told US Sen. Amy Klobuchar in a text message that she and her husband were 'incredibly lucky to be alive,' Klobuchar shared on her social media. Yvette said at the time her husband had endured 'many surgeries' and is 'closer every hour to being out of the woods.' Boelter, 57, allegedly had a hit list of dozens of targets, which were largely Democrats or figures with ties to Planned Parenthood or the abortion rights movement, officials said. The search for Boelter lasted 43 hours and was the largest manhunt in Minnesota history. He faces six federal charges and four state charges. The Hoffman family said in their statement they are deeply grateful 'for the first responders and for all those in law enforcement who worked so quickly, professionally and selflessly to safeguard others and to apprehend the shooter, starting with our own officers in Champlin and Brooklyn Park.' They added that they are 'heartbroken' by the killing of Melissa and Mark Hortman. Hope Hoffman went to school with their daughter, Sophie Hortman. 'We know that they – along with Colin Hortman - will have each other's support as we all work through the devastating consequences of that horrific night,' John and Yvette Hoffman said. A GoFundMe account benefiting the Hoffman family was set up by Fernbrook Elementary School. The family said it will help them 'pick up the broken pieces of our lives.' 'We are uplifted by the prayers and support from so many across the state of Minnesota and the country: thank you,' the family said. While they realize that working in the public sector means sacrificing a certain level of privacy, the Hoffmans said they are now 'grappling with the reality that we live in a world where public service carries such risks as being targeted because someone disagrees with you or doesn't like what you stand for.' 'As a society, as a nation, as a community, we must work together to return to a level of civility that allows us all to live peacefully,' the statement said. 'The future for our children depends on that. We will be praying for that work and appreciate all those who will join with us.'
