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A day and a half after the shootings of two state lawmakers in Minnesota, let's take a look at what we know about the attacks so far:

• An attacker shot and killed state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their Brooklyn Park, Minnesota home in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police say the same attacker also shot and wounded state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette at their home in the Minneapolis suburb of Champlin, about an hour earlier
• The Hoffmans underwent surgery on Saturday, according to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and local media report that a relative says the couple is now awake and will issue a statement when they're able
• Law enforcement are hunting for 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, whom they have named as the suspect in the attacks
• Police have spent Sunday searching a rural area in Sibley County, Minnesota - about an hour southwest of Minneapolis - where they found a vehicle belonging to to Boelter. Law enforcement also gathered in another area in the town of Green Isle, about 10 miles away, near Boelter's home
• Authorities detained Boelter's wife, Jenny Boelter, on Saturday morning in the town of Onamia, Minnesota. Mille Lacs County Sheriff Kyle Burton told the BBC that his department had played a role in monitoring the perimeter: "I was told by my staff who responded that the shooting suspects wife was in the car along with several other relatives"
• US Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, called the shootings "an attack on everything we stand for as a democracy", as she confirmed her own security had been increased over the weekend. Police said the suspect had been found with a list of more than 50 other potential targets, which included other Minnesota politicians and abortion activists

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Yvette Hoffman, the wife of state Senator John Hoffman, threw herself in the path of the bullets to save her daughter’s life as the would-be assassin opened fire in the early hours of Saturday, reports the Minnesota Star Tribune, external.

Someone identifying himself as Yvette Hoffman’s nephew wrote on Facebook that a man dressed as a police officer "broke into my aunt and uncle’s house and shot him 6 and my aunt 5 times in a political act of terrorism".

Mat Olig wrote in the post: "My aunt threw herself on her daughter, using her body as a shield to save her life."

According to the Star Tribune, the daughter, Hope, is in her 20s and was born with spina bifida, which her father has cited as motivating him to get into state politics. The Hoffmans are awake in hospital and are expected to issue a statement when able.

Mike Wendling
Reporting from Green Isle, Minnesota

I've just arrived in Green Isle, Minnesota, where there's a ton of police activity, and law enforcement have set up a command centre - state police, US Marshals and local police are here, along with police from Brooklyn Park, where Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed at their home.

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As police are searching a rural area in Sibley County, Minnesota as part of their hunt for 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter - the suspect in the shooting of two state lawmakers on Saturday - we're starting to get images of more law enforcement also gathering in another area in the town of Green Isle, about 10 miles away.

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Mike Wendling
Reporting from Sibley County, Minnesota

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Sibley County, Minnesota resident Brian Liebhard is now waiting with media and other onlookers outside of the police cordon, as police search the area in connection with the state lawmakers' shooting yesterday.

"We'll just let them do their jobs, this guy needs to get caught," Brian tells me.

"I don't agree with everything they (the two politicians) vote for, but this is sad - the guy went wacko."

There are a few others nearby who heard the news and came out to look out of curiosity.

The land around here is relatively flat, with a few rolling hills, large farm fields and clusters of trees - in other words, if the suspect is in the area, there's not a whole lot of places to hide.

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Mike Wendling
Reporting from Sibley County, Minnesota

I've come to check out the situation in Sibley County, Minnesota, where other journalists are also gathered near the area where police said this morning they had found a car in connection with the lawmakers' shooting.

We're about seven miles east of the suspect's home in Sibley County and it appears that police are concentrating on a cluster of houses and trees. We're being kept a mile or so away from the scene.

I’ve just spoken to Brian Liebhard, who owns the 80-acre property that police are currently searching.

He says he was awaked at around 2 or 3 am (0800 or 0900BST) this morning when he heard two gunshots. He's not sure if they had any connection to the suspect, but says the incident was unusual even in this rural area.

One of his relatives noticed an abandoned car nearby this morning. And after he and his wife went to church, police surrounded the house.

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The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that state Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette are both awake following surgery. The couple were shot at their suburban Minneapolis home on Saturday morning around the same time that Melissa Hoffman and her husband were attacked.

"They are both awake now and recovering. It's going to be a long process," their nephew Mat Ollig told the outlet. He added that the shots that hit John Hoffman "barely missed his heart".

"Once they recover more, they will be making statement," Olig told the Star Tribune.

A small memorial has popped up at the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul in honour of slain state Representative Melissa Hortman, who was speaker of the House in this building from 2019 to earlier this year.

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Mike Wendling
Reporting from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

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Despite the frantic search under way across the region, the city of Brooklyn Park, where Representative Melissa Hortman lived, was still and silent when I visited on Sunday morning, as the neighbourhood comes to terms with the deadly attack.

A police car stands guard outside the Hortmans' house, and bright yellow caution tape surrounds the home, now an active crime scene.

Taha Abuisnaineh, who lives across the street, says he and his wife had known the Hortmans for more than 20 years.

"They were very nice neighbours in a very quiet neighbourhood," he tells me. "You don't see police activity in this neighbourhood. We are very shocked."

Two other nearby residents who did not want to be named says this suburban community is reeling as news spread of the attack.

"My next-door neighbour heard the shots," says one. "We've all been texting back and forth."

She and her husband describe how they received an annual Christmas card from the Hortmans - and recount how Representative Hortman, a Democrat, got along with local Republican politicians.

"What a big loss for Minnesota," she says.

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US reporter

Earlier we reported that authorities had detained Jenny Boelter - wife of shooting suspect Vance Boelter - early on Saturday as part of their investigation.

Mille Lacs County Sheriff Kyle Burton confirmed to the BBC that his office assisted.

"Our role on this stop was perimeter. We did not search or question any of the occupants," he said of his office's role. "I was told by my staff who responded that the shooting suspect's wife was in the car along with several other relatives."

The stop took place near a convenience store in the city of Onamia.

Burton added that the incident was handled by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA).

The BCA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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President Donald Trump, who condemned the attack on Saturday, on Sunday said he wasn't sure if he would speak to the state's Democratic Governor Tim Walz about the shooting.

"Well, it's a terrible thing," Trump told ABC News.

"I think he's a terrible governor. I think he's a grossly incompetent person. But I may, I may call him, I may call other people too," he said.

Walz was the vice-presidential running mate of Trump's 2024 opponent Kamala Harris.

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US Senator Amy Klobuchar, who represents Minnesota in Washington, told NBC's Meet the Press this morning that slain state lawmaker Melissa Hortman was an "incredible woman".

"I just wish everyone in the political world knew this woman like we know her in Minnesota. Loved by Democrats and Republicans," Klobuchar said.

Klobuchar did not confirm to NBC whether her name appeared on a list of potential targets that police say they recovered from suspect Vance Boelter's car on Saturday, which they said included the names of several Democratic politicians and abortion rights advocates.

The office of Tina Smith, Minnesota's other US Senator, previously confirmed to BBC News she was on the list.

Klobuchar said her own security had been beefed up, and repeated accusations made by Governor Tim Walz that the attacks were "politically motivated".

She warned about the danger the suspect could pose while at large: "'We know this man will kill in a second", she said, adding that he is "off balance".

An emergency alert has been issued in Sibley County, about an hour southwest of Minneapolis, as part of the manhunt for Vance Boelter.

The alert warns residents to "keep your doors locked and your vehicles secured".

"MN shooter's suspects vehicle located" in Faxon Township, the alert reads.

"Law Enforcement will be going to area residences to ask to search properties."

The vehicle was located a few miles from Boelter's home, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune, as local media reported a heavy law enforcement presence in the rural area.

Mike Wendling
Reporting from North Minneapolis, Minnesota

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I'm now outside the rental said to belong to shooting suspect Vance Boelter, in North Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Neighbour Kameko White says she knew Boelter and his roommates, and just the other day asked him for some help mowing her lawn. She says the men regularly gathered outside to smoke.

A few days ago she saw him smoking and writing in a notebook, she tells me.

"I knew exactly who he was. I see this man every day in his yard," she says.

White says police came to her door at around 10:00 local time on Saturday.

She asked her mother to dial 911 to verify the people at her door were actually police officers. Then, she says, police used her house to stake out the rental property across the street for about five hours

Shooting suspect Vance Luther Boelter's wife Jenny Boelter has been detained as part of law enforcement's search for her husband, the Mille Lacs County sheriff's office confirms to the BBC.

It was the Minnesota state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension which carried out the detention, the sheriff's office says.

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The manhunt for a suspect in deadly attacks on Minnesota lawmakers is continuing into its second day on Sunday, as police extended the search over state lines to nearby South Dakota and federal authorities announced a $50,000 reward for information.

Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their home early Saturday morning .

Another lawmaker, state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also shot multiple times and injured.

Police are searching for Vance Luther Boelter, a 57-year-old who they say impersonated a police officer while carrying out the attacks.

Stick with us as we bring you the top lines.

A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed in their home early on Saturday morning in what Governor Tim Walz called an "act of targeted political violence".

House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, 55, a Democrat, and her husband were killed in Brooklyn Park, a city near Minneapolis.

State Senator John Hoffman, 60, also a Democrat, and his wife were targeted in their home in nearby Champlin in a related shooting.

They were shot multiple times and are out of surgery, Walz said, adding he was "cautiously optimistic" they would survive.

A manhunt is underway for a suspect who was impersonating a police officer.

We are pausing our coverage of the shooting in Minnesota. You can stay up to date on our coverage here: Minnesota state lawmaker killed and another injured in targeted shootings

The office for US Senator Tina Smith, who represents Minnesota in Washington, tells the BBC that the senator's name appeared on a list found by police in a vehicle connected with this morning's shooting suspect. Law enforcement believe the list contains names of other potential targets, the BBC's US partner CBS reported earlier.

"I can confirm that Senator Smith was on the list of targets," a spokesperson for the senator's office says in an email.

Smith's office was not able to confirm US media reports saying that other prominent Minnesota politicians also appear on the list.

The FBI says it is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Luther Boelter.

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison also says in a statement on X that he is "beyond heartbroken" at Hortman's deaths.

"Melissa and I were friends for over two decades. She was wise, she was caring, she was brilliant, and her smile lifted people up in good times and helped them through the bad," Ellison says.

"Melissa was a force in Minnesota politics who understood what it meant to be a public servant," he adds, saying his office will assist law enforcement in their investigation.

"I hope Minnesotans can offer grace, care, and kindness to each other in the days ahead," he says.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon describes it as the "darkest days for Minnesota, the Hortman and Hoffman families and for our democracy".

In a statement he pays tribute to his "good friend" Hortman, who he says was the "best of us" and one of the "most extraordinary public servants I've ever known".

"She and her husband Mark attended my wedding. I’m just numb about their deaths. I pray for their children, parents, and family. Their assassination is not just a personal loss, but a loss to Minnesota," he adds.

Simon describes Ms Hortman as "smart, savvy, strategic, kind, funny, brave, and determined" and says he is praying for Senator Hoffman and his wife Yvette - who he describes as friends.

"There’s another victim of today’s senseless shootings: Democracy itself. Political violence is unacceptable. To perpetrate it, encourage it, or pretend to ignore it will only poison our democracy," he adds.