Police have been searching for Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in the shooting of two Democratic state politicians from Minnesota.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said a suspect was arrested in the killing of a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer.

Democratic State House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot and killed on Saturday, allegedly by a man appointed by Walz.

Vance Luther Boelter is accused of killing Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and injuring two others.

President Trump said the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers "will not be tolerated" and that the FBI is investigating the attack.

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Minnesota Police and the FBI kept up a massive manhunt on Saturday evening for a gunman posing as a police officer who killed a senior Democratic state assemblywoman and her husband in what Governor Tim Walz called a "politically motivated assassination."

The Minnesota governor said Melissa Hortman "woke up every day determined to make this state a better place" Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz remembered Melissa Hortman, who was killed along with her husband in their home in what is being called a 'politically motivated assassination,

Governor Kathy Hochul has directed flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of Minnesota Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman.

Police have been searching for Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in the shooting of two Democratic state politicians from Minnesota.

President Donald Trump had not called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz by Sunday afternoon in the aftermath of the assassination of House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman.