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,

A Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were killed, and another lawmaker and his spouse were shot by a gunman masquerading as a cop.

A former Minnesota House speaker and her spouse were killed and a state senator and his wife were wounded in targeted shootings early Saturday at their homes near Minneapolis, officials said.