NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion.

The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, a law enforcement official said.

Amid the horror and senseless violence in the shootings of Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses, there are stories of heroism.

"Hi everyone! I’m looking to get back into the U.S. Food Industry and I'm pretty open to positions," Boelter wrote on LinkedIn last month.

Clayton Tyler Dodson, 25, shot at the deputies when they arrived at the gas station early June 15. After a man shot a Maury County deputy, deputies returned gunfire outside a gas station, fatally shooting him early morning June 15, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Lawmakers are still reeling from the shooting that killed one Minnesota state legislator and her husband and severely wounded another and his wife.