Police Investigate Reported Break-In At House Of Slain Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman

Police are investigating a reported Tuesday night break-in at the home of Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman of Minnesota, officials announced Wednesday.

The break-in comes after Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said that Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in an apparent “politically-motivated assassination” early Saturday morning.

Police said they were alerted of a break-in at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to a Wednesday press release from the Brooklyn Park Police Department (BPPD). Upon investigating the scene, police said they discovered that the plywood covering a back window of the home was pried off and the window broken.

Crime scene investigators previously examined the home following the murders and boarded up the house Sunday, according to the release. The Hortman’s family members collected their valuables from the home Tuesday before the alleged break-in occurred, the press release said.

Crime scene investigators searched the scene Wednesday for evidence of the burglary, and the family does not believe anything is missing from the house, according to the press release.

Police arrested Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in the homicides, Sunday night after a manhunt that lasted nearly two days.

Boelter is also accused of shooting and seriously injuring Democratic Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home that same morning. Walz said Saturday that he is “cautiously optimistic” the couple will survive.

Authorities allege Boelter impersonated law enforcement at both the Hoffman’s and Hortmans’ homes. A complaint released Saturday said officials exchanged gunfire with Boelter at the Hoffman home before he escaped.

The complaint states Boelter’s vehicle contained a list of the names and addresses of other public officials, a 9mm handgun and at least three AK-47 assault rifles. Authorities canvassed the area and found a ballistic vest, a mask, a golden police-style badge and a disassembled 9mm gun, according to the complaint. (RELATED: Heavily Armed Minnesota Suspect Had ‘Hit List” of Democrats, Abortion Providers: Docs)

Walz appointed Boelter in 2019 to serve on the Minnesota Governor’s Workforce Development Board after Boelter’s time on former Democratic Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton’s Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016, the New York Post reported, citing documents.

The Hennepin County prosecutor said Boelter faces six federal charges and state first-degree murder charges, according to CNN. If convicted on the federal charges, Boelter could face the death penalty, CNN reported.

The BPPD declined to provide additional comments to the Daily Caller and pointed to its Wednesday press release.