1 Minnesota lawmaker killed, 1 injured in targeted shootings
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ABC11 on MSNRaleigh native Mark Hortman killed alongside Minnesota lawmaker wife in targeted attack: 'Disbelief'The deadly, politically motivated shooting in Minnesota has a connection to the Triangle.Mark Hortman, the husband of Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, was a Raleigh native.The Hortmans were shot and killed in an attack at their home in suburban Minneapolis early Saturday.
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But there was a caring, apolitical gracefulness as well to Hortman, colleagues said. Garofalo said that in the days after the 2022 elections, when Democrats took control of state
Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, were shot and killed early Saturday morning in “what appears to be a politically-motivated assassination,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said at a news conference Saturday.
Authorities searched a vehicle on a rural road outside Minneapolis on Sunday that they believe had been used by the man wanted in the shootings of two Democratic lawmakers, as a state on edge struggled to make sense of the brazen political violence that left one leader dead.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard is urging lawmakers to be "vigilant and aware of their surroundings" following the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers on Saturday.Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed,