In the United States, two elected Democrats were shot in their homes-Liberation

Man hunting is launched. Minnesota’s law enforcement forces are looking for an individual suspected of two local elected officials the day before. The two victims are Senator John Hoffman and the member of the House of State representatives, Melissa Hortman.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced that John Hoffman was injured just like his wife. Melissa Hortman did not survive: she and her husband « Were were killed by early shots this morning in what seems to be an act of political violence. » The police have « All the resources of the State of Minnesota behind them », he added to his X account.

According to American media, the two elected officials of Minnesota were targeted on Friday evening by shots to their respective homes: John Hoffman in the city of Champlin, and Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park. The man who pulled was pretended to be a police officer, reports Fox 9which specifies that the spouses of the victims were also targeted by shots.

According to the authorities, the suspect is a white man with brown hair. He wears a black bulletproof vest over a blue shirt, as well as a blue pants. He would be involved in several attacks targeted by firearm, still according to Fox 9, and considered as « Armed and dangerous ». Citizens are invited not to intervene if they identify it and directly call emergencies.

At 5:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. French time this Saturday), an alert was sent to the inhabitants by the Brooklyn Park police triggering a confinement in the city and around. The Sheriff of the county of Hennepin confirmed that an investigation was underway, carried out by the Brooklyn Park agency.