Minnesota lawmakers shot in suspected targeted attacks
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Surveillance footage captured an attempted murder, according to charges unsealed Sunday: A man wearing a mask, a blue shirt and police-style tactical vest with a badge knocked on a door in
Police arrested a man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses -- two fatally -- after a two-day manhunt, law enforcement sources told multiple news outlets Sunday.
Minnesota Democrat Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday morning, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said during a press conference.
A law enforcement source says Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening. Boelter allegedly posed as a police officer early Saturday and shot and killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounded a senator and his wife.
Surveillance footage captured an attempted murder, according to charges unsealed Sunday: A man wearing a mask, a blue shirt and police-style tactical vest with a badge knocked on a door in Champlin and announced himself as a police officer. He then entered the house and shot Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
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Melissa Hortman's power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Minnesota Legislature was a far cry from her job as a teenager making chili-cheese burritos and overshadowed her volunteer work training service dogs for veterans.
Before Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman became a nationally recognized figure following her fatal shooting death alongside her husband Saturday morning — an act public officials have called an act
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison provides updates on the ongoing manhunt for a man accused of shooting and killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. The attorney general remembers Hortman as a "dear friend.