When Sandy Pappas thinks of John Hoffman, she thinks of the gregarious officemate who keeps snacks at the ready for visitors. A longstanding state senator from St. Paul, Pappas was horrified to learn that the Champlin senator and his wife Yvette had been shot multiple times early Saturday morning by a masked gunman.

Minnesota man Vance Luther Boelter has been charged in the killings of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. Boelter is accused of using GPS tracking and online databases to target more than 45 officials,

Robert Davis Forney, 25, was arraigned in Atlanta on two federal counts of communicating threats in interstate commerce, according to court records.

Gilbert, the golden retriever trained by murdered Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, had to be put down after the shooting that killed her and husband Mark at their home.

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY – A man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers worked at Johnsonville and owned a home in Sheboygan County. A Johnsonville spokesperson confirmed to the Sheboygan Press that Vance Luther Boelter, 57, worked at the company between 2004 and 2008.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee earned rebuke from across the aisle after his controversial posts on the Minnesota shooting.

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

California State Sen. Scott Wiener introduces the No Secret Police Act to ban law enforcement from covering faces amid increased ICE arrests and protests.