1 Minnesota lawmaker killed, 1 injured in targeted shootings
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A massive search continued Sunday for a man suspected in the fatal shooting of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and a separate shooting attack on another state lawmakers and his spouse, authorities said.
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The Minnesota Star Tribune has obtained audio of the dispatches, which capture the dramatic attempts to save them, and the ongoing threat to first responders, who at one point note that the shooter is still in Hortman’s home.
Police first responded to a call of a shooting at Hoffman's home in Champlin at around 2 a.m. Saturday, Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said in the briefing.
The assailant, who is still at large, was identified as 57-year-old Vance Boelter by the state's public safety commissioner.
A manhunt is currently underway for the man, who allegedly shot John Hoffman in Champlin and Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park.
State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.
Police are investigating two shootings targeting elected officials in Minnesota that could possibly be connected, officials said.
A Minnesota state lawmaker was killed and another lawmaker was injured in what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called "targeted political violence." Officials say a manhunt is underway for the suspect in the shooting of state Rep.