On Monday night, one night after the end of the largest manhunt in our Minnesota history, Brooklyn Park and Champlin community members had an opportunity to let their guards down.

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.

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

Vance Boelter is facing several federal charges for stalking and murder in the targeted shootings of Rep. Melissa Hortman, Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.