The man faces federal and state murder charges over shootings that killed a state lawmaker and her husband and wounded another couple. He told a judge he was “looking forward to court.”
A lawyer representing the suspected gunman complained about the strict conditions under which he is being held in a local jail as she asked a judge to push back a detention hearing.
Gilbert, Representative Melissa Hortman’s dog, is being honored at the State Capitol with Ms. Hortman and her husband, Mark. They were all killed in a shooting at their home this month.
The man is accused of killing State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, as well as wounding another Democratic lawmaker and his wife.
Both state and federal officials are pursuing murder charges against a man they say killed a state lawmaker and her husband. A federal case could lead to the death penalty.
A makeshift memorial for State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, began to form outside the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul earlier this week.
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