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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 03:31 PM Jun 18

Minnesota Lawmaker's Home Was Broken Into Days After Her Murder, Police Say [View all]

Source: huff Post


Police said someone "pried off" the plywood covering one of the home's rear windows.

Paige Skinner Jun 18, 2025, 03:01 PM EDT

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman’s (D) home was broken into sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, just days after the lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed in their home, the Brooklyn Park Police Department told NBC News on Wednesday.

The home was boarded up Sunday after it was processed as a crime scene following the Saturday morning shootings. Police were notified of the break-in at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to NBC News. Law enforcement said that “the plywood covering the rear window of the home had been pried off and the window broken to gain entry.”


“The home appeared to have been searched by an unknown individual; however, the family has indicated that they don’t believe anything is missing,” police said, according to NBC News.

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The break-in comes just days after a gunman who was allegedly impersonating a police officer shot and killed Hortman and her husband, Mark, inside their home in “what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said. The gunman also shot Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette, multiple times at their home, wounding them.................................

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/melissa-hortman-home-broken-into_n_6852fc55e4b0ed75e6753108?d_id=10113769&ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000016&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=us_politics



I would be scared for my family if I lived in that area as it looks like someone is up to no good!!





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