A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another is now facing new and upgraded state charges.

A Hennepin County grand jury upgraded charges against Boelter in an eight-count indictment that slapped him with first-degree premeditated murder charges.

A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and her husband has now been indicted on fresh charges, prosecutors announced Thursday. The big picture: The new state charges against Vance Luther Boelter come after the 58-year-old pleaded not guilty in federal court last week in connection with the assassination of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband,