Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota lawmaker who was gunned down in what is described as a politically motivated attack, earned degrees at Boston University and Harvard.

Selfless, humble and full of grit -- that was the Melissa Hortman that Minnesota lawmakers grew to love over two decades in the statehouse.

Colleagues described Representative Melissa Hortman as a skilled, conciliatory lawmaker who was at once steely and warm.

Vance Boelter, the man who authorities believe shot two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses in politically motivated shootings early Saturday morning, is now in custody. He now faces charges of murder and attempted murder.

The man suspected of shooting and killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and shooting and wounding a second lawmaker and his wife is due in court.

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.

US President Donald Trump has strongly condemned the fatal shooting of a Democratic politician and her husband in Minnesota on Saturday. "I have been briefed on the terrible shooting that took place in Minnesota,

Tom Fitzgerald sits down with David Goodfriend, a Democratic advisor, and Tim Parrish, a GOP strategist, to discuss Trump's military parade and the Minnesota lawmaker shootings.