The Brooklyn Park home of state Rep. Melissa Hortman was broken into Tuesday night, days after she and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot and killed, police said Wednesday.
Brooklyn Park police officers were alerted to the break-in at 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to a department news release.
When police arrived, they found that the plywood covering a rear window had been “pried off” and the glass window was broken to gain entry. It appeared the house was searched by someone, though family members said they didn’t notice anything stolen.
The window appeared to lead to the house’s basement. As of Wednesday, two police cameras were stationed near the house, including one near the southern corner and the back of the house.
The home had already been processed by investigators starting on Saturday, after charges allege that Vance Boelter stopped by the couple’s house and fatally shot both of the Hortmans. All evidence related to the slayings was already collected before the break-in, police said.
After the slaying scene was processed, police boarded up the house with plywood early Sunday morning. A police trailer camera was located at the front of the home when the break-in occurred, police said, though the release did not say if the camera caught footage of the break-in suspect. Police had turned the house over to the Hortman family on Sunday, the release added.
No arrests have been made yet, and the department is not releasing anymore information on the break-in at this time, a police spokesman said.
The Hortman family had already removed items of value on Tuesday, police said.
