Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, State Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses were all shot early Saturday in targeted attacks.

We sat down with Murphy on Tuesday to hear about the loss of her colleague and friend, and the emotion she felt finding out that Senator John Hoffman, a member of her own caucus, was shot.

Investigators found a cowboy hat near the vehicle and were working to determine whether it belongs to Boelter.

Two Democratic lawmakers Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman were shot overnight in separate locations between the evening of Friday, June 13, and the morning of Saturday, June 14. As the details about their case come to light, read on to learn what happened to them and more about the suspect.

On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith honored Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.The Hortmans were assassinated early Saturday morning when Vance Boelter shot and killed them in their home.

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

When a longtime Minnesota lawmaker died after a battle with ALS, former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman helped pass historic legislation in search of a cure.

But there was a caring, apolitical gracefulness as well to Hortman, colleagues said. Garofalo said that in the days after the 2022 elections, when Democrats took control of state