John Hoffman, Melissa Hortman and Minnesota
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Brooklyn Park police Sgt. Rielly Nordan had just wrapped up his shift early Saturday morning when he heard that Champlin police were responding to a shooting at a home — and one of the victims was a state senator.
A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.
Vance Boelter, 57, has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The Hennepin County Attorney said Monday that her office intends to pursue first-degree murder charges against him as well.
Live updates: Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman and husband assassinated; Senator John Hoffman and wife survive originally appeared on Bring Me The News.
WARNING: Police told Brooklyn Park residents and nearby neighbors to NOT answer their doors for a lone police officer.
Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman's wife shared an update after a shooting injured the couple at their home early Saturday morning. The family also shared a statement after the suspect was taken into custody.
The Minnesota senator and his wife were injured by gunfire in the attack on June 14 Minnesota Senator John Hoffman’s wife Yvette Hoffman threw herself in front of the couple's daughter when they were attacked by gunfire on June 14 Gov.
State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.