Minnesota lawmaker shootings: Sen. Hoffman’s wife shares details about recovery

(FOX 9) – Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman’s wife, Yvette, sent an update to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on their condition after being shot multiple times Saturday.

In a text from Yvette that Sen. Klobuchar posted to Facebook, she says Sen. Hoffman was shot nine times, and is “enduring many surgeries right now and is closer every hour to being out of the woods.”

Yvette said she was shot eight times, and that they “are both incredibly lucky to be alive.”

She said in the text she and her husband are “gutted and devastated by the loss of Melissa and Mark.” She continued to say, “We have no words. There is never a place for this kind of political hate.”