Authorities searching for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota state lawmakers
Hundreds of law officers fanned out across a Minneapolis suburb Saturday in pursuit of a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker in her home in what Gov. Tim Walz called “a politically motivated assassination.†Authorities said the suspect also shot and wounded a second lawmaker and was believed to be trying to flee the area.
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Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in a politically motivated assassination Saturday, while a second lawmaker and his wife were shot and wounded.
