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Daylight was still two hours off when Brooklyn Park police approached the home of former Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman to find someone had beat them there.

It was about 3:35 a.m. Saturday when two Brooklyn Park police officers approached the home of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. Instinct had led them there, spurred by a 911 call 90 ...