Two Minnesota lawmakers were shot in a targeted attack. Rep. Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and her husband are dead.

Minnesota Democrat Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday morning, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said during a press conference.

Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman's wife is speaking out for the first time since a shooting injured the couple at their home early Saturday morning.

The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, two law enforcement officials said, bringing an end to a nearly two-day search that put the state on edge.

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.

A shelter-in-place alert was sent out at 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning by the Brooklyn Park Police Department after multiple shootings. A suspect in the shooting may be impersonating law enforcement and should not be approached.

AT least three people have reportedly been shot at the homes of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota in a series of attacks overnight. Law enforcement have issued a shelter in place order in and

Three men have been charged in connection with a shooting in Brooklyn Park in late May that left the victim paraplegic.