Gilbert, the golden retriever trained by murdered Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, had to be put down after the shooting that killed her and husband Mark at their home.

A suspect is in custody after Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday, while state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded.

A candlelight vigil in remembrance of Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman will be held Wednesday on the steps of the State Capitol after the couple was slain in what authorities are calling a political assassination in their Brooklyn Park home.

SUSPECT CAPTURED: Vance Boelter, the suspect in the fatal shootings of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, as well as the woundings of another lawmaker and his wife, has been captured.

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed, and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured in what Gov. Tim Walz called "politically motivated" shootings.

Vance Boelter, the man accused of shooting two Minnesota state legislators and their spouses, was finally arrested late Sunday in Sibley County after an extensive manhunt. Boelter, 57, allegedly posed as a police officer and assassinated state House DFL leader Melissa Hortman and her husband,

State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were gunned down at their home early on Saturday morning, but survived. Melissa Hortman - the top Democratic legislator in the state House - and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed. Yvette Hoffman said in a statement that she and her husband John were "devastated" by the Hortmans' deaths.

Sophie and Colin Hortman are responding to the fatal shooting of their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman.