Democratic congresswoman Melissa Hortman, 55, and her husband have died today in Minesota (United States) in what seems to be “a murder for political reasons,” according to the state governor, Tim Walz.
The Democratic Senator John Hoffman, 60 and also from Minesota, and his wife have also received multiple shots in another attack, and after undergoing surgery they are now receiving health care, Walz said. The one who was a Democratic candidate for vice president for the candidacy of Kamala Harris, has detailed that his state has a reserved prognosis but considers that it is “cautiously optimistic.”
Drew Evans, Superintendent of the Minesota's criminal apprehension department, explained to the media that the police responded to a call during the early morning in the neighborhood where Senator Hoffman resided, informing that “an individual” had shot the Minesota representative in the Senate and his wife.
While the agents were in the Hoffman residence, they received another call alerting the attack on state congresswoman Hortman and her husband. In the house of the legislator, the suspect shot at the police officers, who responded in turn with shots until, in the middle of chaos, the individual took the opportunity to escape the scene, Evans declared.
At the moment, the security forces have established a perimeter while looking for the shooter, which has been described as a white brown hair and that it is believed that it could go dressed in blue pants and st7, simulating being a policeman with a plate and gun, and an antibala vest, as Mark Bruley, police chief of the town of Brooklyn Park where the murders have occurred.
Broley has confirmed that the suspect's vehicle has been seized and that inside there was a “manifesto” as well as a list of names of elected charges, among which were the two politicians shot, which places as the main hypothesis the one of political motivation in the murders.
Governor Waltz, who has offered a press conference this Saturday, has described the facts as “a political murder.” “Hortman was someone who served the people of Minesota with grace, compassion, humor and a sense of service,” said Walz, who has described the state congressman who governs as “a formidable public servant.”
“We do not resolve our differences with violence or gun tip,” said Walz, who added that “in the state of Minesota, and as recent as last week, in the most divided state legislative in the country, we sat down, we narrow our hands and commit ourselves, and we serve the state of Minesota together. It is possible in politically charged to find commitment, democracy and civil discourse.” “I, in Minesota already throughout the country, I am against all types of political violence,” he said.
In turn, the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, wrote in her X account that the FBI is already investigating this case with state and local partners: “This horrible violence will not be tolerated and will be processed with the full weight of the law.”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has also made public a brief message confirming that he has been informed of the “terrible” shooting that has occurred in Minesota. “This horrifying violence will not be tolerated in the United States of America. God bless Minesota's great people, a really excellent place!”
The investigation is being directed for the moment by the Minesota police agencies as well as by the Minesota Criminal Apprehension Department. The police have warned the residents in the metropolitan area to suspect if a solo policeman appears at their door and ask not to respond to the calls and notify the emergency telephone number unless they are a couple of agents.
