The man accused of shooting Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota on Saturday while impersonating a police officer worked for a security company that advertised a fleet of “police type vehicles,” and other equipment that could potentially have aided him in appearing to be law enforcement.

BLAINE, Minnesota (Reuters) -From the pulpit on Sunday, Father Joe Whalen exhorted his parishioners to avoid the kind of extreme partisanship and hate that appeared to be behind the killing of one of the church's own,

Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in a shooting at their home on Saturday morning.

The suspect, identified by authorities as Vance Luther Boelter, posed as a law enforcement officer to gain access to the victims' homes.

Police continue their manhunt for 57-year-old Vance Boelter, the suspect in the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, which left one of the couples dead. Follow for live updates.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the House’s Democratic leader and former speaker, was shot to death early Saturday.

The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Washington House and Senate released a joint statement Sunday condemning political violence following the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota legislators.

Police were searching for suspect Vance Luther Boelter after a gunman killed Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounded another lawmaker and his spouse.

Kentucky lawmakers respond to Minnesota lawmaker's assassination, urging unity and action against political violence.