Heartfelt tributes have poured in for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were both shot and killed at their home in Brookland Park, Minnesota. The suspect, Vance Boelter, is currently in custody.
Minnesotans who knew her praised her as a “formidable public servant” and a woman deeply involved in her community.
State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, meanwhile, are on the road to recovery after they narrowly avoided the same fate when they were also targeted at their Champlin home. Boelter is also the suspect in that case.
Late on the evening of June 15, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced in a post on social media platform X, “We got him.”...
