Suspect Arrested in Killing of Minnesota Lawmaker

嫌疑人被捕,涉嫌杀害明尼苏达州立法者

WSJ What’s News

2025-06-16

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A.M. Edition for June 16. The man suspected of shooting a pair of Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota is arrested after a sprawling two-day search. Plus, Israel takes control of Iran’s skies as it claims more strikes on Revolutionary Guard command centers. WSJ chief foreign-affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov explains how that aerial superiority is creating a major power mismatch between the two sides, even as fighting continues. And the Trump administration orders a pause on immigration arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels. Luke Vargas hosts.  Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Authorities capture the suspect behind the weekend shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.

  • Plus,

  • Israel claims air superiority over Iran as fighting between the countries enters its fourth day.

  • Israel has managed to suppress...

  • Iranian air defenses to a degree that allow its Air Force to actually operate in Iranian airspace,

  • and that's a game changer.

  • And President Trump dials back immigration arrests at farms,

  • restaurants, and hotels.

  • It's Monday, June 16.

  • I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal,

  • and here is the AM edition of What's News,

  • the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

  • We begin in Minnesota,

  • where a two-day search for the suspect in the shooting of a pair of state Democratic lawmakers and their spouses has ended with the capture of 57-year-old Vance Luther Bolter.

  • Prosecutors are bringing murder charges against Bolter,

  • who they suspect carried out the fatal shootings of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband,

  • and the wounding of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife.

  • Bolter is suspected of posing as a police officer in order to gain access to Hortman's home.

  • Bob Jacobson is the commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Public Safety.

  • Bolter exploited the trust our uniforms are meant to represent.