Minnesota Democrat and husband killed, another pol and his wife injured after madman posing as cop shoots them in 'politically motivated attack' --Authorities are now searching for Vance Luther Boelter, who was appointed by Gov. Tim Walz to serve a four-year stint on the Governor's Workforce Development Board, in connection with the shooting, police source said.  | 14 June 2025 | A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were killed, and another politician and his wife seriously hurt, in a "politically motivated assassination" after a madman who had "No Kings" flyers and posed as a police officer turned up at their homes overnight and opened fire, authorities said. Former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were gunned down in their Brooklyn Park home around 2 a.m., while Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured in a similar shooting at their home just five miles away, authorities said. The killer is still on the loose despite exchanging gunfire with officers who responded to Hortman’s home and briefly cornered him inside -- though he left behind a "manifesto" listing the names of other politicians and a stack of papers stating "No Kings" in reference to the nationwide anti-Trump protests.