Police are investigating two shootings targeting elected officials in Minnesota that could possibly be connected, officials said.
Police are investigating two shootings targeting elected officials in Minnesota that could possibly be connected, officials said.
Why these two? I did a search for recent news articles about them and nothing notable jumped out at me, but hitting two Democratic state lawmakers feels too coincidental to just be dumb spree killing.
Towards the end of the article it’s also mentioned a list of politicians was found in the shooters car. The names of both politicians he shot were among the names on the list.
If they found his car they must know who he is and what he looks like. Shouldn’t they be putting his picture on the news?
Looks like the police have released the shooters identity now. https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/57-year-old-suspect-sought-in-targeted-shootings-of-minnesota-state-lawmakers/
Not necessarily. Could be a stolen car. Balance of probabilities says you’re right and they know exactly who they’re looking for. Maybe they’re bad actors, maybe they’re trying not to have another Reddit “Mission Accomplished” moment, or maybe they’re incompetent.
But they saw him, they have a car, and presumably they caught him on body cam so they can compare his image to the image on the driver’s license the car is registered to. Maybe they’re taking those steps, but I doubt it. But it’s funny that they had descriptions of who they believe to be Luigi up pretty quickly but this remains a mystery man and they’re urging people not to go to the No Kings protest. A cynical person would say it’s a cop that did the shootings under orders to get rid of the one seat majority and quell the protest all in one blow.
Good thing I’m just a drunk and have never had thoughts like that.
Hortman was the house speaker prior to this year’s tie.
Democrats had a 1 seat majority.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/94th_Minnesota_Legislature
HAD a one seat majority. Until the special elections take place, the Republicans now have a one seat majority.
Reminds me of that anecdote about Napoleon and a respectful young soldier offering to help him with something cause he’s taller, and the answer.
“That can be straightened out.”
Yes, that was my point
My bad
All good, far preferred to someone saying that we need to be respectful to cops or else we’re responsible for their actions
I imagine that it was a matter of opportunity. They were within 8 miles of each other. If and when they catch the suspect, it’ll probably turn out that he lives in the area.
They’re decently active and notable in state news. I hear their names on local news more than the rep from our district. They’re also decently close to each other, viable to hit both in a short period of time