Manhint for a suspect in deadly attacks on Minnesota MPs continued on its second day on Sunday, as the police extended the discovery of the south Dakota near the state lines.
Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot dead in her house on Saturday morning.
Another legalist, state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yatete were also shot and injured several times.
Police are searching for 57 -year -old, a 57 -year -old Vance Luther Boleter, who says a police officer said while carrying out the attacks. Federal officials announced a reward of $ 50,000 for information.
Both MPs belonged to Minnesota’s Democratic -Fmmer -Labber Party, which is affiliated to the National Democratic Party.
Senator Hoffman and his wife underwent surgery on Saturday, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he was “carefully optimistic that he would avoid the attempt to murder.”
“Clearly, it is politically motivated,” American Senator Amy Clobachar, a democrats that represents Minnesota, told NBC News on Sunday morning.
Officials said they recovered a target list from a vehicle used by the suspect, which allegedly included the names of several Democratic politicians who supported the rights of abortion, as well as abortion providers. The office of another American senator Tina Smith, another Minnesota, confirmed the BBC News that she was in the list.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) added the Boleter to its most desired list, and released a reward of $ 50,000 for leading information and leading information.
“This is not really about any of us, it is an incredible woman we have lost, Melissa Hortman,” said Clobuhar. “We think about his family today.”
Clobachar said, “I just want everyone in the world that this woman knows that we know her in Minnesota. Love Democrats and Republican.”
President Donald Trump is aware of the situation, but it was not clear whether he would arrive under the leadership of the state about the attack.
Governor Walz, a Democrat, was a partner of Presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
Brooklyn Park City, where rape, despite the frantic discovery on the way throughout the region. Hortmans lived, still silent on Sunday morning, as the neighborhood came with a deadly attack.
A police car was parked outside Hortman’s house, and bright yellow caution tape surrounded the house, which is now an active crime site.
Taha Abuisneh, who lives across the road, said that he and his wife had known Hortman for more than 20 years.
“He was a very good neighbor in a very calm neighborhood,” he told the BBC. “You don’t see police activity in this neighborhood. We are very surprised.”
Two other residents nearby, who did not want to name, said that this suburban community was re -running as news spread.
“My next door neighbor heard the shots,” one said. “We are all texting forward and back.”
She and her husband explained how she received an annual Christmas card from Hortman – and remembered how the representative Hortman got with local Republican politicians.
“What is a big disadvantage to Minnesota,” he said.