The representative of the state of Minnesota, Melissa Hortman, and her husband were killed, and state Senator John Hoffman and his wife were injured in political motivation on the night, Governor Tim Walz said on Saturday. The authorities have also identified a suspect who is still free.
Hortman, 55, and her husband Mark, 58, were killed in their house in Brooklyn Park, while Hoffman, 60, and his wife Yvette were killed about 5 km in their house in Champlin. Investigators say they believe that the suspect was dressed so as to appear as a police officer.
Hortman’s County Legalist’s office said the Hortmans died each of several shot injuries. The representative Hortman was declared dead on the scene, while her husband died in North Memorial Health in Robbinsdale.
At a press conference on Saturday afternoon, the superintendent of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Drew Evans said that Senator Hoffman was not surgical and stable, but described his injuries as very serious. The state of his wife is not clear.
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Hortman, who leaves behind two children, was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Minnesota House District 34b.
Hoffman, also a democrat, represents the district of the Minnesota Senate 34. Hoffman and his wife have a daughter.
During a press conference on Saturday morning, Walz called the death of Hortman and her husband “a political assassination” and ordered Flags to fly in half of the staff in their honor.
BCA identifies the suspect
Evans identified the suspect in shots like 57 years Vance Luther Boelter. He was seen for the last time on Saturday morning in a surveillance video captured by a Minneapolis company. The authorities have since canceled a shelter order on site for a radius of three miles around the Brooklyn Park Golf Golf course.
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Boelter is described as a white man who measures 6 feet 1 inches high, weighs about 220 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a light -colored cowboy hat; a long -colored colored colored colored coat shirt; Light pants and a dark bag. Authorities think he changed clothes after shots.
Anyone with information on where Boelter is asked to call 911, the BCA TIPS line at 877-996-6222, or send an email to bca.tips@state.mn.us. Boelter is considered armed and dangerous. The FBI also offers a reward of up to $ 50,000 for information leading to its capture and its conviction.
Evans thinks that Boelter is probably trying to leave the region and that the Security Administration transport has been informed.
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Shots police account
Evans says that the Champlin police responded for the first time at the Hoffman home around 2 am, with the Brooklyn Park police. There, they found Hoffman and his wife each suffering from several ball injuries.
A Brooklyn Park police serving would have decidedly decided to check the legislators in their city. When the police arrived at the Hortmans’ home around 3:35 am, Evans said they saw what seemed to be a police SUV with light emergency lights.
The suspect – then dressed in a blue shirt with a black tactical vest below and blue pants – left the Hortmans house and exchanged gunshots with officers before fleeing the rear door on foot.
A crew of the WCCO saw a vehicle that would be that of Boelter, with white and yellow lights on the top and a license plate which reads “police”, towed away from the Hortmans’ home. A number of things have also been removed from the vehicle.
The authorities say that there was an in -depth list of possible objectives among the writings found inside the vehicle. More than 50 people have been listed, including officials beyond Minnesota, abortion rights defenders and abortion facilities.
There were also leaflets linked to “No kings” protests found inside. The organizers have since canceled events in Minnesota. The journalist of the WCCO, Jennifer Mayerle, says that thousands of people were initially gathered in downtown St. Paul for walking, but the crowd was mainly dispersed outside the Capitol at 4 p.m.
President Trump: “Such horrible violence will not be tolerated”
Several state and national leaders have published statements on Saturday after the shotsincluding President Trump:
“I was informed of the terrible shooting that took place in Minnesota, which seems to be a targeted attack on state legislators. Our Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and the FBI, investigate the situation, and they will pursue any person involved in full extent of the law.
A source close to the Governor’s office told WCCO Walz that vice-president Vance, Vance, spoke of fire on Saturday.
“The governor expressed his assessment for the ongoing coordination between federal police and Minnesota public security officials,” said the source.
Senator Klobuchar: “An attack on everything we represent as a democracy”
The American senator from Minnesota Amy Klobuchar published this statement on Saturday morning:
“John and I are devastated and my heart broken by the horrible murders of the representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, as well as the horrible attack on the senator of the state of Minnesota, John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.
Melissa Hortman was a good friend and we started in politics at the same time and I still remember us both driving during her first legislative campaign. She was a real civil servant of the heart, devoting her life to the service of Minnesotans with integrity and compassion. As president of the Minnesota House of Representatives, she directed efforts to protect the rights of women, invest in clean energy and ensure a free school lunch for children. She was loved by her colleagues.
I would like to thank the brave agents of the application of laws that work in real time to protect minnesotans and ensure that there is a responsibility for these horrible crimes.
Let me be absolutely clear: it was an act of targeted political violence, and it was an attack on everything we represent as a democracy. We must all condemn him. And we must refuse to be a country where anyone is silenced by threats or violence.
To the family of Melissa and Mark, colleagues from Melissa to the Minnesota Legislative Assembly, and everyone crying in our state: I cry with you. And I will honor their inheritance not only with words, but by action – by protecting our democracy, resonating with hatred and pursuing the work in what they believed with passion. “”
Walz denounces political violence
The governor published this declaration on Saturday morning on shots:
“Today, Minnesota has lost a big leader, and I lost a friend. A formidable civil servant and an element of the state capital, Melissa Hortman woke up every day determined to make our condition a better place. It served the inhabitants of Minnesota with grace, compassion and implementation.
Minnesota’s thoughts are with his relatives, and my prayers are with Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, who were slaughtered and injured and are treated. We are not a country that settles our differences under the threat of a weapon. We have repeatedly demonstrated in our state that it is possible not to be in peacefully disagreement that our state is reinforced by the civilian public debate.
We must remain united against all forms of violence – and I call everyone to join me in this commitment. To the agents who answered, thank you for your bravery and your rapid action. An investigation by the Office of State for Criminal Apprehension is underway, and we will not spare any resources to translate those responsible. We will not let fear win. “”
The legislators were alerted to the shots on Saturday morning, and those of the metropolitan region were invited to take additional security precautions. The executive director of the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association, in an article on Facebook, said that “an evil coward disguised as a protector, had gone to the two houses of the elected officials of Minnesota and pulled them”.
CBS News confirms that members of the ATF and US Marshals service are now deployed to help state officials respond to shots.
The former representative Gabby Giffords answers
Former representative Gabby Giffords From Arizona, which was killed in the head in 2011 in a supermarket in Tucson during an attempted assassination of a lonely shooter who killed six people and injured 12 others, said on Saturday in a statement that she was “horrified and with a broken heart” by fire.
“My family and I know the horror of a targeted target shooting,” said Giffords, who is married to Senator Mark Kelly in Arizona. “An attack on legislators is an attack on American democracy itself. The leaders must express themselves and condemn the violent extremism that threatens all that this country represents.”
This story will be updated.
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contributed to this report.