Vance Luther Boelter says he went to the home of Democrat Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman on June 14 to make a citizen’s arrest but ended up shooting at the senator, his wife, and his daughter when all three laid hands on him to push him out the door, the assassination suspect told Blaze News.

In an exclusive interview, Boelter told Blaze News that it was never his intention to shoot anyone that night, but his plans went wrong as soon as Sen. Hoffman, 60, opened the door to his Champlin home just after 2 a.m.

‘I kept shooting until I realized I was outside the door.’

Boelter said he did not expect the Hoffmans’ daughter Hope, 28, to be at the home that night, so his original plan to detain the senator and restrain his wife went off the rails. So he told the family instead, “This is a

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