1 of 3 | Authorities said someone impersonating a police officer shot and killed State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark around 3:30 a.m. CDT in the city of Brooklyn Park, located around 11 miles northwest of Minneapolis Saturday. Photo courtesy of Minnesota House of Representatives
June 14 (UPI) -- A manhunt is underway in Minnesota after two state lawmakers and their spouses were shot overnight, including two killed, in a "politically motivated assassination," Gov. Tim Walz told reporters Saturday.
State Rep. Melissa Hortman, 55, and her husband, Mark, 58, were shot and killed early Saturday in their Brooklyn Park home, around 11 miles northwest of Minneapolis. About 1 1/2 hours earlier State Sen. John Hoffman, 60, and his wife Yvette were shot "multiple times" 5 miles away in Champlin.
The suspect was identified as Vance Luther Boelter, 57, whom Walz in 2019 appointed to a four-year term on the Governor's Workforce Development Board, the New York Post reported. The board is a nonpartisan group of "key leaders from business, education, labor, community-based organizations, and government."
He earlier served on the Governor's Workforce Development Council in 2016 under former Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton.
