Fact check: Did Vance Boelter have close ties to Gov. Tim Walz?
- Posted on June 15, 2025
- By Star Tribune
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Fact check: Did Vance Boelter have close ties to Gov. Tim Walz?

Vance Boelter was appointed to a Minnesota advisory board in 2019 before he allegedly shot and killed former House Democratic speaker Melissa Hortman, but one member says the board does not interact with the governor on a regular basis. Boelter served with Sen. John Hoffman, who he is accused of shooting and wounding, on that board.