Two Minnesota state lawmakers were shot in apparent "targeted" incidents on Saturday that left them in grave condition, officials said, and a manhunt is now underway for the gunman.

A source familiar with the matter tells ABC News that the victims are state Sen. John Hoffman and state Rep. Melissa Hortman.

Both were shot at their homes and authorities believe the shooter was impersonating law enforcement, the source said.

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[–] 83 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Both were shot at their homes and authorities believe the shooter was impersonating law enforcement, the source said.

Impersonating law enforcement, or actual law enforcement? If they don't have the suspect in custody yet, they have no idea whether they were impersonating law enforcement.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    i'd agree but if you read into how they discovered Hortman and her spouse it's because police were sent to the house of Sen. Hoffman and when they arrived they found him and his wife shot which caused them to proactively check on Sen. Hortman and her husband, but when they arrived they found her and her husband dead. doesn't make it not a cop but imitating them is far more common and this sounds politically motivated. they also found the suspect's manifesto with a list of names in his car outside Hortman's home.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    At this point I wouldn't trust police reporting on themselves. Impersonated or otherwise.

    If it was an active cop who did thw shooting and the police found evidence of this. Would they claim it was an impersonator or tell us the truth?

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  • Law enforcement are the ones breaking the law, being violent, and terrorizing communities right now.

    Regardless of whether this was law enforcement or impersonators, we must start recognizing law enforcement as the state's apparatuses for violence that it is.

    The problem is not people pretending to be cops, it IS cops. Both historically and today.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Actual impersonation. From a CNN article:

    Around 3:35 a.m., another call came in when officers were proactively checking on Hortman’s home. When Brooklyn Park police officers arrived they noticed that there was a police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights on and what appeared to be a police officer at the door, coming out of the house, officials said. That individual immediately fired a weapon at them, Evans said, and exchanged gunfire took place during which the suspect was able to escape.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/14/us/minneapolis-targeted-shooting

    I don't think a cop doing this would shoot back at other cops. They'd report back that the perp was long gone and they saw nothing.

    Edit: lol, the guy is a rent-a-cop

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    How did they get a police car ?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dime a dozen. It's not hard to get a used cop car at auction.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    oh wow. I assumed there would be protections in place to prevent that kind of thing

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