Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings early Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz said. Authorities have also identified a suspect who is still at large.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured, in what officials called a targeted attack.

US Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, called it "an attack on everything we stand for as a democracy". State representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their home,