Despite the frantic search under way across the region, the city of Brooklyn Park, where Representative Melissa Hortman lived, was still and silent when I visited on Sunday morning, as the neighbourhood comes to terms with the deadly attack.
A police car stands guard outside the Hortmans' house, and bright yellow caution tape surrounds the home, now an active crime scene.
Taha Abuisnaineh, who lives across the street, says he and his wife had known the Hortmans for more than 20 years.
"They were very nice neighbours in a very quiet neighbourhood," he tells me. "You don't see police activity in this neighbourhood. We are very shocked."
Two other nearby residents who did not want to be named says this suburban community is reeling as news spread of the attack.
"My next-door neighbour heard the shots," says one. "We've all been texting back and forth."
She and her husband describe how they received an annual Christmas card from the Hortmans - and recount how Representative Hortman, a Democrat, got along with local Republican politicians.
"What a big loss for Minnesota," she says.
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