Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday, while State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded.

A gunman posing as a police officer killed a senior Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and her husband on Saturday in an apparent "politically motivated assassination," and wounded a second lawmaker and his spouse,

Sources tell CNN the suspect of “politically-motivated assassination” in Minnesota that targeted two lawmakers may have impersonated a police officer. CNN law enforcement analyst Jonathan Wackrow explains how the shooter’s alleged tactic could “seriously undermine” officers’ legitimacy with the public.

A Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were killed, and another lawmaker and his spouse were shot by a gunman masquerading as a cop.

Democratic Sen. John Hoffman, his wife, and House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman were injured in what the governor describes as targeted shootings.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and husband killed and Sen. John Hoffman and his wife wounded in act of ‘political violence’ officials say.