Daylight was still two hours off when Brooklyn Park police approached the home of former Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman to find someone had beat them there.

One of the other lawmakers was on vacation and the suspect left the other house after police arrived early Saturday, acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said at a press conference.

Law enforcement officials on Sunday searched residences of Vance Luther Boelter, a suspect in the killings of a state lawmaker and her husband.