Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark, died after being assassinated in their home in the Minneapolis suburbs. Hortman was a former Minnesota Speaker of the House.
State Sen. John A. Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also shot several times at their house in a nearby suburb, but survived the attack.Minnes
From the NY Times:
Ms. Hortman, a lawyer by training and a legislator for about 20 years, served as the speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives for a six-year period ending earlier this year.
She helped Democrats pass several key policies on abortion rights, marijuana legalization, medical leave and other issues in 2023 and 2024, when her party briefly held full control of the state government.
Mr. Hoffman, a fourth-term state senator from Champlin, another Minneapolis suburb, chairs the Senate’s Human Services Committee and has said he strives for “collaboration across the aisle.”
Vance Boelter, 57, has been identified as the suspect in the shootings.
Minnesota gunman sought in deadly shootings of lawmaker, her husband identified as former appointee of Tim Walz: sources https://t.co/1oADkNU12q pic.twitter.com/an9YfIPwTi
— New York Post (@nypost) June 14, 2025
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a “politically motivated assassination”
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This was Hortman’s last social media post prior to her assassination.
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