Gunman faces prison sentence for shooting Minnesota lawmakers

MINNEAPOLIS – More than a year after a man killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and shot another lawmaker and the legislator’s wife, he was expected to be sentenced to life in prison on July 23.

The attacks, described by prosecutors as targeted political assassinations, set off an urgent manhunt across the state and left Minnesotans in terror. The attacker went to the homes of Democratic lawmakers in the middle of the night, disguised as a law enforcement officer.