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2:00 a.m. Around two in the morning, Boelter allegedly drove his SUV to the home of Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman in Champlin, Minnesota, wearing a silicone mask and dressed in a way similar to a ...

Gov. Tim Walz returned Monday to the Minnesota Capitol for the first time since a gunman fatally shot Rep. Melissa Hortman ...

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed at their home early Saturday morning by a man disguised as police, officials said.

Vance Boelter has been formally charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, with the FBI revealing ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will not receive a phone call from the president after the targeted shootings of ...

Joseph Thompson, acting US attorney for Minnesota, revealed that Boelter got in a shootout with police at the home of former ...

The issue of lawmaker safety has drawn national attention after a gunman murdered former Minnesota Democratic House Speaker ...

The man charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another meticulously planned the shootings and intended to inflict more carnage against those on his hit list, driving to the homes of ...

Donald Trump issued a statement after the Minnesota shootings, noting that this violence “will not be tolerated," but his ...

The man accused of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses early Saturday also visited the homes of two other lawmakers, but one of them was away on vacation.

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.