{"id":34097,"date":"2025-06-18T16:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/police-investigating-reported-break-in-at-home-of-slain-minnesota-lawmaker-melissa-hortman\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:56:55","slug":"police-investigating-reported-break-in-at-home-of-slain-minnesota-lawmaker-melissa-hortman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/police-investigating-reported-break-in-at-home-of-slain-minnesota-lawmaker-melissa-hortman\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigating reported break-in at home of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Twin Cities home where <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/melissa-hortman-killed-john-hoffman-political-shootings\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot<\/a><\/span> Saturday was broken into overnight Wednesday, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called a &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/vance-boelter-taken-into-custody-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">political assassination<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Park police say the home had been boarded up early Sunday after investigators processed all of the evidence at the scene, and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/melissa-mark-hortman-children-statement-fatal-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">family members<\/a><\/span> had removed &#8220;items of value&#8221; from the residence on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was discovered that the plywood covering the rear window of the home had been pried off and the window broken to gain entry,&#8221; police said in a statement released late Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police say crime scene investigators searched the home again, and family members say &#8220;they don&#8217;t believe anything was missing.&#8221; Police are still searching for the suspect. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-original\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2025\/06\/16\/528ad232-9171-4f9c-bae2-acbc69c462cf\/gettyimages-2219575243.jpg?v=64f55bb7ef9382fe7916b907da543f1f#\" alt=\"Two Minnesota State Legislators And Spouses Shot In Targeted Attacks \" width=\"5000\" height=\"3219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2025\/06\/16\/528ad232-9171-4f9c-bae2-acbc69c462cf\/gettyimages-2219575243.jpg?v=64f55bb7ef9382fe7916b907da543f1f 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A Brooklyn Park police cruiser is stationed outside the home of DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman on June 15, 2025 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Stephen Maturen \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anyone with information on the break-in, including neighborhood residents who have surveillance cameras, are asked to contact the Brooklyn Park Police Department at 763-493-8222.<\/p>\n<p>The man accused of killing the Hortmans, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/vance-boelter-best-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">57-year-old Vance Boelter<\/a><\/span>, is in custody and facing federal and state murder charges following a 36-plus-hour manhunt which authorities say was the largest of its kind in state history.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators accuse Boelter of also shooting and seriously wounding\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/john-yvette-hoffman-minnesota-shooting-message\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette<\/a><\/span>\u00a0about an hour before killing the Hoffmans. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also believe\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/vance-boelter-fbi-details-charges-suspect-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Boelter visited the homes of two other state lawmakers in the metro<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that same morning, one of whom wasn&#8217;t home. The other, Sen. Ann Rest, was at home, but Boelter was reportedly scared off by a police officer before approaching the residence.<\/p>\n<p>In <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/melissa-hortman-parents-harry-linda-patrick-haluptzok-cbs-news-interview\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">an interview with CBS News<\/a><\/span>, Melissa Hortman&#8217;s mother, Lisa Haluptzok, said the pain of her daughter&#8217;s death is &#8220;mind-numbing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been very hard the last few days,&#8221; her father Patrick Haluptzok said. &#8220;In what seems unfair and tragic, the way her last night was spent. We&#8217;re just trying to get by.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/melissa-mark-hortman-minnesota-state-capitol-candlelight-vigil\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">A candlelight vigil for the Hortmans<\/a><\/span> is set for Wednesday evening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., according to Minnesota House officials.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/lilia-luciano\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lilia  Luciano<\/a> and <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/anthony-bettin\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Anthony  Bettin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/caroline-cummings\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Caroline  Cummings<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Caroline Cummings is an Emmy-winning reporter with a passion for covering politics, public policy and government. 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