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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Minnesota lawmakers targeted in deadly politically motivated shootings - The Untold Story

Police stand at a crime scene as they searched for a suspect posing as a police officer who shot two Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses in their homes, in the Minneapolis suburb of Champlin, Minnesota [ABC Affiliate KTSP via Reuters]

A top Democratic state leader, and former House speaker, and her husband were shot and killed in Minnesota, and a second lawmaker and his wife were wounded, in what appear to be politically motivated assassination attempts in the United States, local officials say.

The suspect is on the run. Later on Saturday local time, officials said hundreds of law officers fanned out across a Minneapolis suburb in pursuit of the man.

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