Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has secured a grand jury indictment against Vance Boelter, the man accused in the June 14 killing of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and the wounding of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. 

Moriarty announced the following state charges against Boelter in a news conference held on Thursday afternoon:

• Two counts of first-degree premeditated murder
  - Melissa Hortmam
  - Mark Hortman

• Four counts of attempted first-degree murder
  - John Hoffman
  - Yvette Hoffman
  - Hope Hoffman
  - State Rep. Kristin Bahner

• Felony cruelty to an animal
  - The Hortmans' family dog, Gilbert
  
• Impersonating an officer
  

Moriarty's office notes that a guilty verdict for just one of the first-degree murder charges carries a life sentence without the possibility of parole. 

This is the first criminal charge Boelter faces in connection with Bahner, whose house Boelter is accused of targeting between the separate shootings at the Hortman and Hoffman houses. Investigators said Boelter visited Bahner's Maple Grove home and knocked on her door, but she was away with her family on vacation at the time. 

"Boelter drives to the home of state Rep. Kristin Bahner, whose name is handwritten multiple times in the notes found in Boelter's fake squad car. Her name has a star next to it," Moriarty said. "He rings her doorbell for over two minutes. He yells, 'This is the police,' and points a flashlight at her front door. He tries to open the handle. Bahner was not home."

Also new among the charges is that Boelter is being charged with felony cruelty to an animal for killing the Hortmans' family dog, Gilbert.

"Gilbert was barking when Mark opens the door, but when Mark says, 'Gilbert, stay,' Gilbert stops barking and is quiet," Moriarty said. "Boelter willfully shot Gilbert — an act of cruelty that led to yet another loss for the Hortmans' grieving family."

Boelter pleaded not guilty to federal charges earlier this month during an arraignment hearing. Moriarty says she believes Boelter will not appear in state court until he is convicted of federal charges. If he is convicted of those, he could face the death penalty.

"The damage done to the victims — those with us, those who were taken from us, and to our entire community — has opened wounds that will never heal," Moriarty said in a written statement. "These charges reflect the weight of Mr. Boelter's crimes, and our thoughts are with Melissa and Mark Hortman's family, the Hoffman family, Rep. Bahner, and Sen. (Ann) Rest."