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Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses

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64% Informative

Suspect Vance Boelter , 57 , is accused of shooting Minnesota representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman , in their home on Saturday .

Authorities claim he also shot state senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman in their homes.

Boelters allegedly used lists of 45 public officials, including Representative Hortman 's, whose home address was written next to her name.

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53

Informative language

43

Neutral language

55

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

66

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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