Gov. Walz: Shooting of Minnesota Legislators 'An Unspeakable Tragedy'

(The Center Square) – Two Minnesota state lawmakers who are members of the Democratic-Farm-Labor Party were shot early Saturday by a person posing as a law enforcement officer just north of Minneapolis. House Speaker Emeritus Melissa Hortman, and her husband, were shot and killed in what Gov. Tim Walz called a politically-motivated assassination. Law enforcement issued a shelter-in-place order for an area around Edinburgh Course that continued in the morning hours Saturday while they continued to search for a suspect believed to be wearing blue pants, a blue shirt, body armor, and reportedly driving a dark SUV with lights. Gov. Walz on Shooting of Minnesota Legislators: 'An Unspeakable Tragedy'. 6/14/25 Source: Minnesota Department of Public Safety