Inside Grace Fellowship church in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, community members stricken with tragedy look for comfort and an answer to why.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Violence and fear swept through towns in an arc around Minneapolis for more than 40 hours over the weekend as a man seemingly intent on sowing political devastation killed one Minnesota state lawmaker and left another bleeding from nine bullet wounds.

The Hortman children are grieving following the Saturday killing of their parents, who died after a gunman entered their home in the early morning hours.

A suspect is in custody after Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday, while state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded.

It was a proactive decision from an experienced officer that allowed police to first confront suspected shooter Vance Boelter, starting a exhaustive manhunt that would end 43 hour

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (KFGO) – Minnesota State Rep. Mellissa Hortman was shot and killed early Saturday morning, Gov. Tim Walz said. Her husband was also killed by the unidentified gunman. The shooter is still at large.

Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, as well as the wounding of another lawmaker and his wife, is facing charges of two counts of secon

Officials say Vance Luther Boelter 'stalked his victims like prey,' Boelter faces multiple state and federal charges.

State and federal officials announced charges, including murder, stalking and firearms offenses against Vance Boelter on Monday, who has been accused of assassinating a Minnesota state lawmaker and injuring another during multiple shootings.

Officer intervention likely prevented more deaths after suspect Vance Boelter allegedly killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman on Saturday, police chief says.