Police are seeking a man who was a former appointee of Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in connection with the shooting of two state lawmakers and their spouses. 

Walz has stated that the shooting was politically motivated. The assassin reportedly had flyers with the words “No Kings” in his car, a reference to protests planned across the country on Saturday. 

Citing police sources, the New York Post reported that Vance Luther Boelter allegedly posed as a police officer Saturday when he shot Sen. John Hoffman, his wife, Yvette, and former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. Hortman and her husband died, while Hoffman and his wife are expected to survive. 

In 2019, Walz appointed Boelter, 57, to serve on the Governor's Workforce Development Board, according to The Post.