Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz said on Monday that state legislators have received “a noticeable increase in verbal threats” in recent years as Minnesotans reel from the assassination of a state lawmaker.

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in their residence early Saturday, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot multiple times in their nearby home, The Associated Press reported.

SD's legislative and executive leaders have issued statements in response to an early morning shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.