A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout Leader and worked at her dad’s auto parts store. A mother and wife whose husband was killed alongside her. Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman was more than just the state House’s top Democrat, according to those that knew her.

Governor Tim Walz calls Melissa Hortman, former state speaker shot dead with husband Mark, ‘dearest of friends’

State and local law enforcement agencies are investigating “an ongoing situation involving targeted shootings” in the Minneapolis suburbs of Champlin and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said in a post on X Saturday morning.