Melissa Hortman - the senior Democratic state assemblywoman and former assembly speaker in Minnesota who was fatally shot along with her husband on Saturday - was remembered by Governor Tim Walz as someone with "grace,

Democratic State House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot and killed on Saturday, allegedly by a man appointed by Walz.

A cryptic message sent to roommates is just one of many unanswered questions surrounding the suspect who remains at large.

A gunman posing as a police officer killed a senior Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and her husband on Saturday in an apparent "politically motivated assassination," and wounded a second lawmaker and his spouse,

Minnesota Congresswoman Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband were found dead on Saturday, June 14, under mysterious circumstances in what Governor Tim Walz

The suspect, identified by authorities as Vance Luther Boelter, posed as a law enforcement officer to gain access to the victims' homes.

Law enforcement officials are searching for 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses early Saturday morning.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Authorities on Saturday asked residents of two Minneapolis suburbs to stay indoors as they searched for a suspect posing as a police officer who shot two Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses in their homes, according to local media reports. The conditions of the victims were not immediately known.

The high-profile Democratic governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York defended their states' immigration policies in a Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday -- weighing in on the ongoing Los Angeles protests over immigration enforcement.

The shootings were in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, two neighboring cities about 10 and 20 miles from downtown Minneapolis, Walz said Saturday morning. The governor's office said it will provide an update on "violence targeted at legislators" on Saturday morning.