Brooklyn Park police were alerted to the overnight break-in at 8 a.m. Wednesday. They discovered that someone had pried plywood off and broken the rear window to enter the Hortmans’ home.

A break-in has been reported at the home of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, authorities said. After the Saturday morning killings, the house was processed by crime scene investigators and then was boarded up early Sunday, Brooklyn Park police said. On Tuesday, Hortman family members took their valuables from the house, police said.

The Brooklyn Park home of state Rep. Melissa Hortman was broken into overnight, four days after she and her husband Mark Hortman were shot and killed, police said Wednesday. Brooklyn Park police officers were alerted to the break-in at 8 a.