A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.

A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout Leader and worked at her dad’s auto parts store. A mother and wife whose husband was killed alongside her.

Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, State Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses were all shot early Saturday in targeted attacks.

Investigators found a cowboy hat near the vehicle and were working to determine whether it belongs to Boelter.

Hortman and Hoffman shootings: Timeline of events so far originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Melissa Hortman, the Speaker Emeritus of the Minnesota House, was killed along with her husband in a suspected politically-motivated assassination early Saturday.

Lisa Demuth reflects on her partnership with former Speaker Melissa Hortman, highlighting their teamwork and commitment to communication in the Minnesota House during challenging legislative times and recent tragedies.

Raleigh native Mark Hortman and wife, lawmaker Melissa Hortman, were fatally shot in a suspected political attack in Minnesota.

Minnesota state representative Melissa A. Hortman graduated from a Harvard Kennedy School program in 2018. Former instructors and classmates, who remembered her as principled and eager to learn, were left grieving when she was killed by an assassin’s bullets on Saturday.

Melissa Hortman’ s influence at the Minnesota Capitol and her power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Legislature were a far cry from her job as a teenager making chili-cheese burritos and overshadowed her volunteer work training service dogs for veterans.

Vance Boelter, suspect in the murder of a Minnesota lawmaker, led a bizarre life as a wannabe security boss, funeral worker, and preacher. His financial and mental struggles culminated in a politically charged attack.