A viral post from a right-leaning social media user falsely identified a Houston man, notably the husband of a Democratic leader, as the suspect in a politically motivated shooting that left two Minnesota lawmakers dead and two others wounded.

After Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot in a targeted attack, their children have spoken out.

Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, whom authorities say were fatally shot June 14 by 57-year-old Vance Boetler. Boetler, who was driving one of the "police type vehicles" owned by the security company he works for and is an evangelical Christian Republican opposed to abortion rights,

Vance Boelter, the man suspected of fatally shooting a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband Saturday, attended Christ For The Nations Institute in Dallas,

The killing of a Minnesota lawmaker is the first deadly attack against a politician in the state in more than three decades.