State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured, in what officials called a targeted attack.

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Melissa Hortman killed and John Hoffman wounded in two separate attacks carried out, police say, by same suspect

State and local law enforcement agencies are investigating “an ongoing situation involving targeted shootings” in the Minneapolis suburbs of Champlin and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said in a post on X Saturday morning.

A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout Leader and worked at her dad’s auto parts store. A mother and wife whose husband was killed alongside her. Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman was more than just the state House’s top Democrat, according to those that knew her.