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BREAKING NEWS: TWO MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS SHOT, 1 KILLED, IN "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ASSASSINATION" · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Art hourly update, Breaking crime news Now. I'm Jackie Howard,
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  Speaker 1: breaking news out of Minnesota. Two lawmakers and their spouses
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  Speaker 1: have been shot in what's being called a politically motivated assassination.
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  Speaker 1: Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in
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  Speaker 1: the attack. Senator John Hoffman and his wife were injured,
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  Speaker 1: shot multiple times. They underwent surgery overnight and doctors are
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  Speaker 1: optimistic they will survive. Police officers responded to a shooting
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  Speaker 1: call around two am this morning at the home of
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  Speaker 1: Senator Hoffman. Around three point thirty officers arrived at the
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  Speaker 1: home of Representative Horton, encountering an individual appearing to be
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  Speaker 1: a police officer exiting the home. Police Chief Mark Browley.
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  Speaker 2: When they arrived at Melissa's house, they noticed that there
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  Speaker 2: was a police vehicle in a driveway with the lights
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  Speaker 2: mergency lights on and what appeared to be a police
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  Speaker 2: officer at the door coming out of the house. When
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  Speaker 2: our officers confronted him, the individually immediately fired upon the officer.
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  Speaker 2: Officers who exchanged on fire in.
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  Speaker 1: The second of the really says the man was not
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  Speaker 1: a police officer, was not.
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  Speaker 2: A real police officer. This is somebody that clearly had
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  Speaker 2: been impersonating a police officer, again using the trust of
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  Speaker 2: this badge in this uniform to manipulate their way into
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  Speaker 2: the home.
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  Speaker 1: Besides, the uniform really says even the car was an impostor.
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  Speaker 1: Down to the blue lights.
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  Speaker 2: They did drive a vehicle that looked exactly like an
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  Speaker 2: SUD squad car. It was equipped with lights, emergency lights,
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  Speaker 2: and exactly like a police vehicle. And yes, they were
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  Speaker 2: wearing a vest with taser other equipment that would a
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  Speaker 2: badge very similar to mine.
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  Speaker 3: That no question.
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  Speaker 2: If they were in this room, you would assume that
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  Speaker 2: they are a police officer.
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  Speaker 1: Reportedly, police recovered writings from that car which mentioned names
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  Speaker 1: of multiple lawmakers and other officials. Both Hortman and Hoffman
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  Speaker 1: were mentioned in the suspect's ridings. During a press conference,
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  Speaker 1: Minnesota Governor Tim Wall spoke highly of Speaker Hortman.
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  Speaker 3: Speaker Hortman was someone who served the people Soda with grace, compassion, humor,
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  Speaker 3: and a sense of service. She was a formidable public servant,
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  Speaker 3: a fixture, and a giant in Minnesota. She woke up
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  Speaker 3: every day determined to make this state a better place.
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  Speaker 3: She is irreplaceable, and we've been missed by so many.
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  Speaker 1: The search is ongoing for the shooter really is encouraging
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  Speaker 1: those in the area to not answer their doors to
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  Speaker 1: a Loan Police officer. Stay with Crime Alert hourly updates
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  Speaker 1: as we followed this breaking news with this crime Alert.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Jackie Howard.