00:02The Minnesota man who assassinated a top Democratic lawmaker
00:05and attempted to murder another lawmaker
00:08was sentenced to life in federal prison on Thursday.
00:1259-year-old Vance Bolter was given consecutive life sentences
00:16plus 40 years by the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
00:19He pleaded guilty to six counts last month, including murder,
00:24part of an agreement with prosecutors that allowed him to avoid a potential death sentence.
00:28During the shootings on June 14 last year,
00:31the accused disguised himself as a police officer
00:34and attacked the legislators at their homes.
00:37After ringing the doorbell and gaining entry,
00:40he fatally shot Melissa Hortman,
00:42who was the top Democrat in the Minnesota House of Representatives,
00:45and her husband Mark in their home.
00:48Earlier, he also shot and wounded State Senator John Hoffman
00:52and his wife Yvette at their home a few miles away.
00:54He also visited the homes of two other lawmakers that night,
00:58but no one answered the door at one house,
01:01and he left the other home when a police officer,
01:03believing him to be a colleague, approached his car.
01:07Investigators found a list of more than 45 Minnesota officials in his car,
01:11and he was arrested two days later after an extensive manhunt.
01:15The shootings highlighted a spike in political violence
01:18that has hit the United States in recent years.
01:21in recent years.
01:34in recent years.
