Minnesota Lawmaker, Husband Dead in Shooting

Minneapolis, MN — Minnesota Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband are dead after a shooting this morning.

Governor Tim Walz made the announcement during a news conference Saturday morning, calling it a “politically-motivated” shooting.

Democratic State Senator Jeff Hoffman and his wife were both shot multiple times in a separate shooting, and both are out of surgery.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says police exchanged gunfire with one suspect at the scene of one of the shootings, who is still at large at this time. Officials say at least one suspect impersonated law enforcement.

The shootings took place in the Brooklyn Park and Champlin neighborhoods.