Manhunt for suspect in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers continues for second day

A manhunt continues connected Sunday aft a gunman impersonated a constabulary serviceman early Saturday morning and killed Minnesota Democratic authorities Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, successful what was called a "politically motivated assassination."

The suspect, who authorities identified arsenic 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, besides allegedly changeable Democratic authorities Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, successful a abstracted onslaught Saturday morning. The mates is successful unchangeable information arsenic of Sunday morning.

Minnesota is reeling aft the attacks, and lawmakers and the public are connected edge arsenic the gunman remains at-large.

Authorities said the fishy was carrying a database of different imaginable targets, including a fig of officials and lawmakers.

"Right now, everyone [is] connected borderline here, due to the fact that we cognize that this antheral volition termination astatine a second," Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday connected NBC's "Meet the Press."

Klobuchar said that instrumentality enforcement authorities judge the gunman could inactive beryllium successful the Midwest, and officials person besides enactment an alert retired successful South Dakota.

"We judge he's determination successful the vicinity, and they are going to find him," Klobuchar said.

She emphasized that if immoderate idiosyncratic encounters the suspect, helium oregon she should instantly telephone the extremity line. Callers tin interaction the FBI astatine 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension extremity enactment astatine 1-877-996-6222 oregon email bca.tips@state.mn.us.

The FBI is offering up to $50,000 for accusation starring to the suspect's apprehension and conviction.

Statements poured successful aft the attacks, mourning the decease of Hortman, who served arsenic talker of the Minnesota House of Representatives until earlier this year.

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz posted a photograph of Hortman connected X connected Sunday and wrote, "the astir consequential Speaker successful authorities history."

Klobuchar remembered Hortman arsenic a existent "true nationalist servant" who was loved by lawmakers connected some sides of the governmental aisle.

Lawmakers besides condemned the enactment of governmental violence, which Gov. Walz said appeared to beryllium politically motivated.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that "such horrific unit volition not beryllium tolerated" successful the United States.

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