Minnesota state lawmakers shot, search underway for suspect, local media reports say

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - Authorities on Saturday asked residents of two Minneapolis suburbs to stay indoors as they searched for a suspect posing as a police officer who shot two Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses in their homes, according to local media reports.

The conditions of the victims were not immediately known.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will speak to reporters shortly to "address violence targeted at legislators," his office said.

Walz said in a post on X that he was "briefed this morning on an ongoing situation involving targeted shootings in Champlin and Brooklyn Park. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety and local law enforcement are on the scene."

In a later post, Walz said he had activated Minnesota's Emergency Operations Center and was providing the police in the two suburbs "the full resources" of the state.