Lynx coach: Shooting of lawmakers hits 'home'

Minnesota Lynx manager Cheryl Reeve acknowledged it would beryllium hard to play Saturday's crippled against the Los Angeles Sparks aft two Minnesota lawmakers were shot and 1 was killed successful what Gov. Tim Walz described arsenic "targeted governmental violence."

"It seems beauteous meaningless, certainly, hitting this adjacent to home," an affectional Reeve said Saturday morning.

A antheral posing arsenic a constabulary serviceman changeable and killed Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her hubby aboriginal Saturday, portion a 2nd lawmaker, Sen. John Hoffman, and his woman were wounded erstwhile they were changeable aggregate times by the gunman.

Police were searching for the antheral liable for the attacks connected the Democratic legislators. Writings recovered wrong a fake constabulary car recovered astatine 1 of the shooting scenes mentioned the names of aggregate lawmakers and different officials, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said.

Reeve said determination was nary information to cancel the Saturday day game, which had been intended successful portion arsenic a solemnisation of Naismith Memorial Hall of Famer Seimone Augustus, who was inducted successful 2024.

"Today's a pugnacious time each around. Basketball is what we do. We'll spell retired determination and bash what we do," she said. "But God knows what, erstwhile our crippled is over, God knows what we're going to travel disconnected the tribunal and larn what's happening. It's sickening."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.