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Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz said on Monday that state legislators have received “a noticeable increase in verbal threats” in recent years as Minnesotans reel from the assassination of a state lawmaker.
Live updates: Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect to appear in court on murder charges after huge manhunt Almost 200 law enforcement — including members of 20 regional and local SWAT teams — descended on eastern Sibley County to apprehend suspect Vance Boelter.
Gov. JB Pritzker said while he wasn’t on Minnesota shooter’s “hit list,” there were names of “Illinois folks” found among the man’s possessions.
Vance Boelter is accused of shooting Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and state Sen. John Hoffman in “politically motivated” attacks.
A spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten said the representative was among members of Michigan’s congressional delegation named in the list.
Colorado politicians condemn politically motivated violence following the shooting of Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses.
The suspect accused of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker and shooting another this weekend drove to the homes of at least four state politicians as part of a planned killing spree, federal authorities said on Monday.