It’s the kind of nightmare no one expects: a trusted public servant gunned down in her own home—by someone pretending to be a cop.
Melissa Hortman, a respected Minnesota lawmaker and former House Speaker, was shot and killed.
It happened alongside her husband early Saturday.
Governor Tim Walz called it what it was—“targeted political violence.”
And the horror didn’t stop there. State Senator John Hoffman and his wife were also attacked in their home nearby.
Both survived surgery, but the trauma runs deep.
Where’s The Suspect?
Armed, dangerous, and using a fake police badge to trick his way into homes.
“It’s deeply disturbing,” said Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson.
“This monster exploited the trust our uniforms stand for.”
Hundreds of officers, SWAT teams, and the FBI are hunting him down.
A shelter-in-place order has locked down parts of Brooklyn Park.
Hortman wasn’t just a politician—she was a force.
Clean energy, women’s rights, school lunches for kids—she fought for them all.
And after George Floyd’s death, she helped change Minnesota’s police laws.
As Governor Walz said, “We don’t settle our differences with violence.”
Now, Minnesota mourns a giant. And the manhunt continues.
