Minnesota State Rep, Husband Assassinated, State Senator, Wife, also Shot

A Minnesota state representative and her husband were shot and killed in a brutal attack at their home on Saturday morning. A state senator and his wife were also attacked and shot multiple times in their homes about an hour before the attack on the representative.

Democrat State Representative Melissa Hortman is dead after a person allegedly wearing a police uniform shot her and her husband. The man, believed to be a police impersonator, fired on police officers who arrived at the home to conduct a safety check, CNN reported. The gunman got into what appeared to be a police vehicle and fled the scene.

The attack on Hortman followed a similar attack on Democrat State Senator John Hoffman about an hour and a half earlier. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) called the attacks a “politically motivated assassination.”