Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota House Speaker, and her husband were fatally shot early Saturday in their Brooklyn Park home. The second state lawmaker, Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife were shot multiple times in nearby Champlin.

Minnesota officials said they are searching for Vance Luther Boelter, who was last seen in the Twin Cities area.

The man sought by authorities for allegedly shooting Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota on Saturday worked for a security company that advertised a fleet of ‘police type vehicles.’

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her her husband were killed in a violent attack, while Sen. Hoffman and his wife are expected to survive.

Another state legislator and his wife were also shot in the predawn hours in brazen attacks that officials called “politically motivated.”

By Tom Polansek, Joseph Tanfani, Ned Parker and David Shepardson MINNEAPOLIS/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The suspect in the deadly shooting of a Minnesota state lawmaker and wounding of another had links to evangelical ministries and said he was a security expert with experience in the Gaza Strip and Africa,

Even as the national political discourse has grown hyperpartisan in recent years, Minnesota had kept a foothold on its own traditions.

The station said that Harris Jr. and Kamara were each charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and one count of dangerous weapons-drive by shooting. Kaigboyah was charged with helping an offender avoid arrest.

The Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Lynx paid tribute to the state politicians and their spouses who were shot by a suspect allegedly impersonating a police officer overnight.

A man wanted in connection with a shooting incident that took place in a Franklin parking lot Friday night has been arrested and charged, officials said.