The wife of the Minnesota gunman who killed a state representative and her husband said she did not try to flee after he committed his alleged crimes.
Jenny Boelter, who was accused of hopping in a car after her husband allegedly gunned down Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark on June 14, said she did not run and was not pulled over.
Instead, she insisted she went to meet police at a local gas station just hours after her husband allegedly opened fire.
Vance Boelter, 57, also allegedly shot Democratic State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette at their home in Champlin, Minnesota that same day. They both survived but were left with injuries.
On Thursday, Jenny released a statement through her lawyers, calling her husband’s alleged actions ‘a betrayal.’
‘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,’ she wrote in the statement.
‘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.’
‘On the morning of June 14, 2025, I received a call from law enforcement and immediately drove to meet agents at a nearby gas station. 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.’
Jenny added that her family has fully cooperated with investigators and responded to their every request ever since they were first contacted by authorities.
She ended her statement by thanking the authorities for ‘apprehending Vance and protecting others from further harm.’
Her shock statement comes after it was previously reported that Jenny was stopped by authorities at a convenience store while driving a car with three other relatives inside near Onamia at 10am that day.
She was found with a weapon, ammunition, cash and passports about 75 miles from where the shootings took place in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, Minnesota, eight hours earlier.
Over a dozen officers swarmed Jenny Boelter’s car during the traffic stop and they were at the scene for two to three hours, sources told KSTP.
Jenny was detained for questioning after officers found the items inside the vehicle. No one was arrested, law enforcement officials said.
Yvette, who thankfully survived the shooting with her husband, said both of them and their adult daughter Hope were lined up execution-style by the alleged gunman to ‘slaughter’ them.
Hope, who Yvette shielded with her own body while bullets rang out, witnessed her parents get shot and was the one who called 911 to report the brutal crime, Yvette said in a startling new Facebook post.
Yvette, an educational support professional at a local elementary school, went on to slam police for not pressing more charges against Boelter – specifically the ‘attempted murder’ of her daughter.
‘Our daughter Hope was lined up with John and myself execution style. We were all together in our entryway in a row with our hands up,’ she wrote.
‘She may not have gotten shot because of all the commotion but she was front and center WITH us. After we were incapacitated, she knew to go lock the door and call police and inform them senator Hoffman and mom were shot. Where are the attempted murder charges regarding my daughter? Where?’
Boelter has only been charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the slayings of the Hortman’s and two of attempted murder for Yvette and John.
The enraged mother went on to mention that Hope even had to stress that her father was a senator several times to the 911 dispatcher that dreadful morning.
‘If Hope hadn’t intentionally said SENATOR Hoffman the 4 times I remember her saying it to 911 dispatchers. More people would have been slaughtered,’ Yvette said.
Roughly 90 minutes after the Hoffman’s were targeted, the gunman made his way to the Hortman’s Brooklyn Park home – about eight miles from the first incident.
According to Yvette, Hope was ‘the reason officers knew to go to Hortman,’ she wrote.
They were tragically killed after Boelter allegedly opened fire on them in their home around 3am.
Police encountered the gunman fleeing Hortman’s residence around 3.35am and exchanged gunfire with him.
Officers then let the suspect slip through the cracks as he escaped the scene on foot, according to authorities.
Shortly after the unspeakable slayings, Boelter, a former appointee of Governor Walz, was sought by authorities.
He surrendered to officers on June 15 after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.
He was arrested and booked into Hennepin County custody on state charges.
Acting US Attorney Joseph Thompson announced six new federal charges against Boelter for murder, stalking, and shooting offenses – while revealing that he went to two other lawmakers’ homes with the intent to kill them that day.
He is accused of posing as a police officer during the shootings. Boelter is also said to have worn a terrifying Halloween-style face mask during the attacks.
Both Yvette and the senator were left injured. She was released Friday while her husband remains in the hospital in serious but stable condition.
John was shot nine times while his bride was shot eight times. A bullet narrowly missed his heart, KARE 11 reported.