Break-in reported at residence of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman

Police are investigating a reported in a single day break-in on the boarded-up residence the place Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband have been fatally shot over the weekend, authorities mentioned Wednesday.

Officers have been alerted at 8 a.m. in regards to the break-in on the residence the place Hortman and her husband have been killed on Saturday in what officers have described as a “politically motivated” capturing, in accordance with a press release by the Brooklyn Park Police Division.

Investigators had beforehand processed the house as a criminal offense scene earlier than it was boarded up on Sunday morning, with a police trailer digital camera left in entrance, police mentioned in a Wednesday assertion.

Hortman’s household had “eliminated objects of worth from the house on Tuesday,” police mentioned.

On Wednesday morning, police mentioned they found “that the plywood masking the rear window of the house had been pried off and the window damaged to achieve entry.”

“The house appeared to have been searched by an unknown particular person; nevertheless, the household has indicated that they don’t consider something is lacking,” police mentioned.