Bill Lukitsch

Kansas City

Business Reporter at Star Tribune

Business reporter @startribune | Past: @kcstar, @qctimes | Alum: @UISedu, @SIUC_SoJ | Tips: [email protected]

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Articles

Pretending to be a police officer has never been easier in Minnesota, elsewhere

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Bill Lukitsch |Jeffrey Meitrodt

It's a scene that has played out hundreds of times in movies and real life: Someone pretending to be a police officer gains the trust of a stranger and then commits terrible crimes. That was apparently the method used by the assailant who knocked on the doors of two state legislators early Saturday, then killed House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and seriously injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
Pretending to be a police officer has never been easier in Minnesota, elsewhere

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Bill Lukitsch |Jeffrey Meitrodt

It’s a scene that has played out hundreds of times in movies and real life: Someone pretending to be a police officer gains the trust of a stranger and then commits terrible crimes. That was apparently the method used by the assailant who knocked on the doors of two state legislators early Saturday, then killed House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and seriously injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.
Pretending to be a police officer has never been easier in Minnesota, elsewhere

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Bill Lukitsch |Jeffrey Meitrodt

It's a scene that has played out hundreds of times in movies and real life: Someone pretending to be a police officer gains the trust of a stranger and then commits terrible crimes. That was apparently the method used by the assailant who knocked on the doors of two state legislators early Saturday, then killed House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and seriously injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.
Pretending to be a police officer has never been easier in Minnesota, elsewhere

1 week ago | mahoningmatters.com | Bill Lukitsch |Jeffrey Meitrodt

It's a scene that has played out hundreds of times in movies and real life: Someone pretending to be a police officer gains the trust of a stranger and then commits terrible crimes. That was apparently the method used by the assailant who knocked on the doors of two state legislators early Saturday, then killed House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and seriously injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.
Pretending to be a police officer has never been easier in Minnesota, elsewhere

1 week ago | startribune.com | Bill Lukitsch

By Bill Lukitsch In 2008, the department released a security bulletin to law enforcement about the use of emergency services to disguise a vehicle bomb or assassination. The alert, however, mainly focused on violent international extremists. "As far as conducting a political assassination or something like that, I think this is the very first time that I can recall, at least in recent memory, where we've had somebody impersonate a police officer and end up killing people," Johnson said.
Shootings of Minnesota lawmakers come amid national rise in political violence

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Jessie Van Berkel |Bill Lukitsch

MINNEAPOLIS - The shootings of two state lawmakers by a suspect with a "manifesto" of other political targets was an unprecedented act in Minnesota history. But it also comes at a divisive, volatile moment in U.S. politics. The assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and wounding of Sen. John Hoffman, both Democrats, follow other high-profile incidents of political violence across the country in recent years, both aimed at high-profile figures and community members.
Shootings of Minnesota lawmakers come amid national rise in political violence

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Jessie Van Berkel |Bill Lukitsch

MINNEAPOLIS — The shootings of two state lawmakers by a suspect with a “manifesto” of other political targets was an unprecedented act in Minnesota history. But it also comes at a divisive, volatile moment in U.S. politics. The assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and wounding of Sen. John Hoffman, both Democrats, follow other high-profile incidents of political violence across the country in recent years, both aimed at high-profile figures and community members.
Shootings of Minnesota lawmakers come amid national rise in political violence

1 week ago | charlotteobserver.com | Jessie Van Berkel |Bill Lukitsch

Law enforcement agents stand near the stage of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS) TNS MINNEAPOLIS - The shootings of two state lawmakers by a suspect with a "manifesto" of other political targets was an unprecedented act in Minnesota history. But it also comes at a divisive, volatile moment in U.S. politics. The assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and wounding of Sen.
Shootings of Minnesota lawmakers come amid national rise in political violence

1 week ago | mahoningmatters.com | Jessie Van Berkel |Bill Lukitsch

MINNEAPOLIS - The shootings of two state lawmakers by a suspect with a "manifesto" of other political targets was an unprecedented act in Minnesota history. But it also comes at a divisive, volatile moment in U.S. politics. The assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and wounding of Sen. John Hoffman, both Democrats, follow other high-profile incidents of political violence across the country in recent years, both aimed at high-profile figures and community members.
Shootings of Minnesota lawmakers come amid national rise in political violence

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Jessie Van Berkel |Bill Lukitsch

MINNEAPOLIS — The shootings of two state lawmakers by a suspect with a “manifesto” of other political targets was an unprecedented act in Minnesota history. But it also comes at a divisive, volatile moment in U.S. politics. The assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and wounding of Sen. John Hoffman, both Democrats, follow other high-profile incidents of political violence across the country in recent years, both aimed at high-profile figures and community members.

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