A shelter-in-place alert was sent out at 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning by the Brooklyn Park Police Department. Police say they are looking for a suspect in multiple targeted shootings. There are active scenes in Brooklyn Park and Champlin.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis. Hortman served the people of Minnesota with compassion and grace, Walz said.

Dozens of local, state and federal officials are responding to the shootings at the homes of Sen. John Hoffman in Champlin and Rep. Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park the early