Current and former Iowa lawmakers say they feel both sad and scared after two Minnesota lawmakers were shot in their homes by a man impersonating a police officer early Saturday morning.

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

Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota lawmaker who was gunned down in what is described as a politically motivated attack, earned degrees at Boston University and Harvard.

Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state assemblywoman, and her husband Mark have been assassinated by a gunman disguised as a police officer. In what officials have called a politically motivated attack,

Vance Boelter, the man accused of shooting two Minnesota state legislators and their spouses, visited the homes of four lawmakers over the course of a few hours early Saturday. Federal prosecutors have charged Boelter,

Vance Luther Boelter, 57, opened fire on Mark Hortman as police pulled up, then exchanged gunfire and fled, investigators said.

WARNING: Police told Brooklyn Park residents and nearby neighbors to NOT answer their doors for a lone police officer.

Minnesota was on edge Sunday after House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday in their Brooklyn Park home, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife survived the assassin’s attack at their home in Champlin.