Minnesota

Lawmakers are pushing congressional leaders to take greater steps to ensure their safety as they confront the growing risk of violence.

The murders of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, shocked people around the nation, including Sri Kulkarni, a close friend and former classmate of the lawmaker at Harvard Kennedy School.

Minnesota’s former speaker of the house, Melissa Hortman, is being mourned by former classmates at the Harvard Kennedy School after she was gunned down with her husband. Sri Kulkarni said he’d been texting with the lawmaker just hours before she was killed.

Minnesota officials announced that they will be charging 57-year-old Vance Boelter with first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of State Senator Melissa Hortman and her husband.

Vance Boelter has been taken into custody, law enforcement announced Sunday night.

The suspect in the shooting deaths of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband has been arrested, officials said.

Investigators say Vance Boelter appeared to spend months preparing for the shootings and that he drove to the homes of other lawmakers the night of the attacks.

Vance Boelter remains at large as the manhunt continues. Officials warn people public not to approach him if he’s spotted.

Klobuchar said the suspect “may be” in Minnesota as the manhunt for a 57-year-old Minnesota man continues.

A massive search is stretching into its second day for a man who authorities say fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker in her Minneapolis home.

Minnesota officials are asking for help locating 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in the shootings of two Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses early Saturday.

The roommate and close friend of Vance Boelter, the man suspected of impersonating a police officer to shoot Minnesota lawmakers, became emotional while reading their final text exchange.

Minnesota officials are asking for help locating 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in the shootings of two Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses early Saturday.

After the targeted shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, leaving one couple dead, lawmakers in Massachusetts on Saturday called out political violence.

Safety officials provided an update Saturday into the manhunt of a man who shot two Minnesota lawmakers in their homes early Saturday, killing State Rep. and Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband.

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and state Sen. John Hoffman and his spouse are currently being treated for their injuries at a hospital after “targeted shootings” in Minnesota.

A massive search continued Saturday for a 57-year-old Minnesota man, hours after an early-morning attack that left a Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and her husband dead and a second Democratic lawmaker and his wife injured in separate “politically motivated” shootings, authorities said.

While in Minneapolis to open for Post Malone, country star Jelly Roll made a surprise visit to the Hennepin County Jail, where he shared his story of incarceration and redemption with inmates.

Medaria Arradondo, the city’s first Black police chief, helped launch an overhaul of policing in the city despite a resistant police culture.