This story was updated on Saturday, June 14 at 3:13 p.m.
Federal, state and local leaders in Georgia condemned the killings of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife, in what Gov. Tim Walz described as “targeted political violence.”
Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota House Speaker, and her spouse were shot and killed early Saturday in their Brooklyn Park home. A second state lawmaker, Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, were shot multiple times in Champlin.
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