Murdered Democratic lawmaker's home broken into just days after fatal shooting

The location of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was fatally changeable successful a targeted onslaught astatine their location successful Brooklyn Park implicit the weekend, was breached into connected Tuesday night, though a preliminary probe recovered thing appeared to beryllium missing.

FOX 9 successful Minneapolis reported that the Brooklyn Park Police Department launched an probe into the overnight break-in aft being alerted astir the incidental astatine astir 8 a.m. connected Wednesday morning.

A preliminary probe recovered the idiosyncratic allegedly entered the backmost of the location aft removing a portion of plywood covering a window, past breaking the window.

Although the location showed grounds it had been searched, the presumption reported, household members told constabulary it did not look thing was missing.

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The country aft an evident break-in astatine the Hortman residence successful Brooklyn Park, Minn., connected June 18, 2025. (Rob Olson/Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul)

Crime country investigators processed the location earlier this week aft Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were killed wrong the home.

On Sunday morning, the location was boarded up and released backmost to the family.

Hortman’s relatives removed valuables from the location connected Tuesday, the presumption reported.

SUSPECTED MINNESOTA LAWMAKER ASSASSIN VANCE BOELTER CAPTURED

The country aft an evident break-in astatine the Hortman residence successful Brooklyn Park, Minn., connected June 18, 2025. (Rob Olson/Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul)

Crime country investigators person since reprocessed the location aft Tuesday night’s break-in, searching for grounds of burglary.

While authorities accidental a camera was located connected the beforehand of the home, it is unclear if anyone was captured connected video.

The probe into the substance is ongoing.

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Hoffman/Boelter/Hortman split (AP Images; Minnesota Department of Public Safety )

Hortman and her hubby were changeable and killed connected Saturday morning, arsenic were State Sen. John Hoffman, besides a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, successful their adjacent Champlin home.

Vance Luther Boelter, 57, has since been charged with killing each 4 victims.

U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said Monday that Boelter's superior motive was "to spell retired and execution people" arsenic authorities announced the suspect's seizure connected Monday aft a two-day manhunt. 

Boelter present faces federal charges aft officials arrested him successful Sibley County connected Sunday night. He is charged with 2 counts of stalking, 2 counts of execution and 2 counts of firearm-related crimes. Boelter is besides facing second-degree execution charges filed successful Hennepin County.

Fox News Digital’s Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.