Authorities have confirmed that Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed inside their Brooklyn Park home.

In a hail of gunfire, former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot dead in their Brooklyn Park home.

The suspect, whom police identified as 57-year-old Vance Boelter, remains at large.

As left-wing protesters took to the streets Saturday for the "No Kings" protests, some of the events were overshadowed by threats of violence. The "No Kings" demonstrations were launched to criticize President Donald Trump and his administration on the same day as his birthday and a parade in Washington,

Thousands protested President Trump and his administration on Flag Day in Vero Beach and Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Protests are an expression of democracy, bolstered by the right to free speech and “the right of the people peaceably to assemble” in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.