
Break-in reported at home of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman
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Break-in reported at home of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman
The plywood covering the rear window of the home had been pried off and the window broken to gain entry, police say. Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot over the weekend. The slayings have brought renewed attention to the troubling rise of political violence. A North Dakota man allegedly emailed violent threats to a federal prosecutor and cited the slaying of Hortman, officials said.
Officers were alerted at 8 a.m. about the break-in at the residence where Hortman and her husband were killed on Saturday in what officials have described as a “politically motivated” shooting, according to a statement by the Brooklyn Park Police Department.
Investigators had previously processed the home as a crime scene before it was boarded up on Sunday morning, with a police trailer camera left in front, officials said.
Hortman’s family had “removed items of value from the home on Tuesday,” police said.
On Wednesday morning, police said they discovered “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,” according to police.
Vance Boelter, 57, was arrested on Sunday in rural Sibley County after a massive 40-hour manhunt. He is not facing state and federal charges.
The slayings of Hortman, 55, and her husband, Mark Hortman, and the wounding of Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, have brought renewed attention to the troubling rise of political violence.
A North Dakota man allegedly emailed violent threats to a federal prosecutor and cited the slaying of state Rep. Hortman and her husband, officials said. Charles Dalzell, a 46-year-old from St. Thomas, was arrested and accused of making interstate threats and threats against a federal official.
And Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, appeared to make light of the Minnesota shootings with ill-timed jokes. Lee later deleted a “Nightmare on Waltz Street” quip about the murders.