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Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman remembered
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Minnesota Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman, fatally shot in a targeted attack, recently made headlines as the only House Democratic vote to repeal healthcare for illegal immigrants
Authorities identified 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter as the suspected gunman wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a state representative and shooting and wounding a state senator in a targeted act of violence.
State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the House’s Democratic leader and former speaker, was shot to death early Saturday.
State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.
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Lawmakers are on alert after an assassin killed one Minnesota state lawmaker and attempted to kill another before fleeing from authorities.
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Police have recovered writings that mentioned the names of multiple lawmakers and other officials in the fake police car they believe a suspect used in the shooting of two legislators in Minnesota.