Minnesota Lawmaker Shooting Suspect Identified
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Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings overnight, Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday. Authorities have also identified a suspect who is still at large.
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.
Authorities have shared a timeline of events as the manhunt for 57-year-old Vance Boelter continues in the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses.
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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.
Democratic Sen. John Hoffman, his wife, and House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman were injured in what the governor describes as targeted shootings.
A serious situation Saturday morning is unfolding in Brooklyn Park and police have issued a shelter-in-place order in a three-mile radius of Edinburgh Golf Course.
AT least three people have reportedly been shot at the homes of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota in a series of attacks overnight. Law enforcement have issued a shelter in place order in and
Three men have been charged in connection with a shooting in Brooklyn Park in late May that left the victim paraplegic.