After an assassin killed a Minnesota state legislator and wounded another overnight, police found flyers for today’s “No Kings Day” protests in the suspect’s vehicle – and are warning the public to stay home.

A shooter killed Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, north of Minneapolis early the morning of June 14, according to Fox News. As The Dallas Express previously reported, this comes the same day as nationwide “No Kings Day” mobilizations against President Donald Trump. 

“Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution,” the Minnesota State Patrol posted to X. “The photo is of flyers inside the vehicle of the suspect in today’s shootings.”

Both legislators targeted were members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, according to Fox News. The suspect reportedly used an SUV with flashing lights, and impersonated a police officer to access their homes. Police are urging the public not to approach the suspect, and to call 911 with information. 

Gov. Tim Walz said the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the incident, and said his “thoughts” and “prayers” were with the legislators. “We must stand united against all forms of violence – and I call on everyone to join me in that commitment.”

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Powerful anti-Trump groups are backing today’s “No Kings Day” mobilizations across the nation, including several in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as The Dallas Express previously reported. 

Groups including 50501 and Indivisible are orchestrating these events, and they are collaborating with others including the ACLU, American Federation of Teachers, SEIU, Bernie Sanders and his group Our Revolution, Move On of the Tesla Takedown demonstrations, and the left-wing protest group Families Over Billionaires. 

The upcoming “No Kings Day” mobilizations are set to take place in Dallas and Fort Worth, as well as Burleson, Flower Mound, and Sanger.

These events follow days of violent anti-ICE riots in places like Los Angeles and Dallas, as The Dallas Express reported at the time. Gov. Greg Abbott deployed thousands of Texas National Guard troops across the state this week to keep order.

The Dallas Express previously asked a “No Kings Day” spokesman if organizers expect the mobilizations to merge with anti-ICE actors. He said, “I don’t think anybody’s going to say, ‘Don’t do that.’”

At the time, the spokesman emphasized organizers are communicating with police and training “marshals” to keep the peace. He blamed violence on “one-sided escalation.”

“I think at their very nature, they’re nonviolent, they’re peaceful. But then when you do things like calling the National Guard, it amplifies tensions,” he said.

The Dallas Express then asked his thoughts on the riots in Los Angeles “before the National Guard was there,” when rioters were “throwing rocks at immigration agents and surrounding the federal building.”

“It’s very strange to portray single actors throwing rocks as an entire movement if you’re not doing the same thing for masked ICE agents kidnapping people in schools, in hospitals, on the streets,” the spokesman replied.

Businesses can prepare for riots with measures like installing high-visibility security, removing possible projectiles, and blocking off windows, per The Dallas Express. 

The Dallas Police Department and Fort Worth Police Department have been preparing for the “No Kings Day” mobilizations, as The Dallas Express also reported. Houston Mayor John Whitmire called to keep the mobilizations “peaceful,” and the Dallas Police Department warned “violence, property damage, and blocking roads won’t be tolerated.”