Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings Suspect
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Vance Boelter, 57, had three semiautomatic rifles and two handguns, one in pieces, when he murdered a state lawmaker and her husband, authorities said.
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.
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.