The man suspected of fatally shooting a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and wounding another and his wife had “stalked his victims like prey” before opening fire at their homes, elaborately disguised as a law enforcement officer,

Melissa Hortman and her husband died in the Minnesota shootings. John Hoffman and his wife were seriously wounded. Here's what we know about them.

Daylight was still two hours off when Brooklyn Park police approached the home of former Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman to find someone had beat them there.

Feds: Assassin Vance Boelter went to four Minnesota lawmakers' homes originally appeared on Bring Me The News. In a chilling development, federal charges filed against Vance Boelter allege the assassin went to two other Minnesota lawmakers homes the night he shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife and murdered Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.

Gov. Tim Walz called the event a “politically motivated assassination," with the attack marking the latest such incident over the last several years.