Raleigh native Mark Hortman and wife, lawmaker Melissa Hortman, were fatally shot in a suspected political attack in Minnesota.

A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.

The assassination of a Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife at their homes are just the latest addition to a long and unsettling roll call of political violence in the United States.

The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in

Authorities are on the second day of the hunt for a man suspected of killing Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband at their house. The suspect also is believed to have shot State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in their home.

Republicans and Democrats said Saturday's killings in Minnesota were a chilling reminder of the threats they receive regularly.

California state Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones (R-Santee) issued a joint statement with Senate President pro Tem Mike McGuire (D-North Coast), saying “the shocking and tragic assassination and targeted political violence in Minnesota are sickening.

Two Minnesota lawmakers, Senator John Hoffman and Representative Melissa Hortman, were shot in separate overnight incidents at their homes in Champlin and Brooklyn Park. Authorities say the suspect may be posing as a police officer.