#VanceBoelter charged w #assassinating a #Minnesota state lawmaker #MelissaHortman and shooting another will face federal murder charges, which could allow for the death penalty, federal officials announced Monday. He is charged w first-degree murder, which would require a grand jury indictment and carry a mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of parole, Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County Attorney, said at a news conference in downtown #Minneapolis.