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The man sought by authorities for allegedly shooting Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota on Saturday worked for a security company that advertised a fleet of ‘police type vehicles.’
The station said that Harris Jr. and Kamara were each charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and one count of dangerous weapons-drive by shooting. Kaigboyah was charged with helping an offender avoid arrest.
A massive search is stretching into its second day for a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker in her suburban Minneapolis home
Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her her husband were killed in a violent attack, while Sen. Hoffman and his wife are expected to survive.
As of Saturday, June 13, the 41-year-old man who died has been identified as Thomas Antonio Jackson of Troy, police said. During the June 3 traffic stop on the white caravan, the man exited and fled southbound on foot, police said.
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Even as the national political discourse has grown hyperpartisan in recent years, Minnesota had kept a foothold on its own traditions.
The Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Lynx paid tribute to the state politicians and their spouses who were shot by a suspect allegedly impersonating a police officer overnight.
Several political leaders across the state have released statements in response to the targeted shootings of two Minnesota State Legislators.
Minnesota authorities are searching for Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in Minneapolis shootings that killed one state lawmaker and wounded another.