The suspect connected to the assassination and wounding of two separate Minnesota Democratic lawmakers and their spouses was a former appointee of Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Vance Luther Boelter,

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz spoke to the press after State Rep. Melissa Hortman was shot and killed in a politically motivated assassination in Brooklyn Park.

Democratic Sen. John Hoffman, his wife, and House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman were injured in what the governor describes as targeted shootings.

A US politician and her husband have been shot dead in a “politically motivated assassination,” while a second politician and his wife were wounded in a separate attack."An unspeakable tragedy has unfolded in Minnesota - my good friend and colleague,

Authorities asked for the public’s help in finding Vance Boelter, 57, and South Dakota officials are seeking a ‘person of interest’ who may be traveling with him.

President Donald Trump is "directly" responsible for what Governor Tim Walz said is a politically motivated assassination, according to a member of the Trump family. A man over the weekend allegedly posed as a police officer and fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker in her home.