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Officials are searching for a 57-year-old man in shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers

Authorities are searching for a 57-year-old man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers, officials tell The Associated Press.

Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota House Speaker, and her spouse were shot and killed early Saturday in their Brooklyn Park home. Hours after the shootings, hundreds of police and sheriff deputies from departments in the region, some in tactical gear with assault style weapons were scattered through the town. Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, a Republican from Cold Spring, called the attack “evil” and said she was “heartbroken beyond words” by the killings of Hortman and her husband, Mark.

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