Minnesota state lawmaker killed, another wounded in targeted shootings

A Minnesota state representative and her husband were killed and a state senator and his wife were wounded in what officials said were separate, targeted shootings early Saturday at their homes near Minneapolis.

A suspect impersonating a police officer remains at large, according to authorities.

Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman, a former state House speaker, and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed at their home in Brooklyn Park, Minn., “in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said at a news conference, calling it “an unspeakable tragedy.”

Earlier, in a separate incident just miles away in Champlin, Minn., Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot and wounded at their home.

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