Minnesota lawmakers shot in suspected targeted attacks
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Prosecutors say the man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another went to the homes of two other lawmakers to carry out more carnage on the night of the shootings.
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Boelter allegedly had firearms and a list of 45 elected officials in notebooks in his car, law enforcement said.
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 police officer.
Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, State Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses were all shot early Saturday in targeted attacks.
State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured, in what officials called a targeted attack.
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Minnesota Democrat Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday morning, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said during a press conference.
Gov. Tim Walz called the event a “politically motivated assassination," with the attack marking the latest such incident over the last several years.
Surveillance footage captured an attempted murder, according to charges unsealed Sunday: A man wearing a mask, a blue shirt and police-style tactical vest with a badge knocked on a door in