(FOX9) Sen. John Hoffman of Champlin, Minnesota has been released from the ICU after he was shot several times on June 16. He will be moving to a rehab facility to continue his recovery. His wife, Yvette, was released from the hospital a few weeks ago after she was shot alongside her husband. Vance Boelter is accused of shooting and…
Members of the Legislative Management Committee conduct a meeting at the Capitol on June 26, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota lawmakers plan to hold a security hearing with the North Dakota Highway Patrol and Capitol Security to discuss the safety concerns of legislators after Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark,…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Governor Tim Walz announced that Representative Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their dog Gilbert will lie in State on Friday, June 27th. The Hortman’s and Gilbert were killed in a targeted attack at their home earlier this month. State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were wounded in an attack at their home…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — People are coming together at Minnesota’s state capitol to remember the lives of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. The two were gunned down in a politically motivated shooting over the weekend. The Wednesday evening vigil starting at 8 p.m. and is slated to go until 9:30. Governor Walz is there and will speak…
Hortman’s House in Brooklyn Park, MN (FOX9)BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) – Brooklyn Park police are investigating a reported break-in at the home of late Rep. Melissa Hortman, just days after her and her husband were fatally shot. Police were alerted at around 8 a.m. Wednesday to an overnight break-in at the Brooklyn Park home. The person reportedly entered the back of the…
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (AP/KVRR) – The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration: the death penalty. Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911, and the state’s last execution was a botched hanging in 1906. But federal prosecutors announced charges against Vance Boelter on Monday…
FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) —A North Dakota man was charged Monday with threatening at least one federal official in an email that references the Saturday shooting that killed one Minnesota lawmaker. About 5 p.m. Sunday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fargo received a threatening email from St. Thomas resident Charles Dalzell, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court by the…
(FOX 9) – The children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, released a statement after the death of their parents. The children of Rep. Melissa and Mark Hortman, Sophie and Colin Hortman, released a moving statement in the aftermath of their parents’ death. Here is their statement in full: “We are devastated and heartbroken at the loss of our parents, Melissa…
Rep. Melissa Hortman & Sen. John HoffmanFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — “To know that they had encountered either in Representative Hortman’s case such a violent end to their life or my friend John Hoffman, you know, that he went through and endured that moment of violence. That hurts a lot,” said Rob Kupec, (D) State Senator, Moorhead. State Senator Rob Kupec…
Courtesy FOX 9MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota reveals that Vance Boelter allegedly went into the homes of four state lawmakers early Saturday morning. The 57-year-old is charged with stalking and murder. He is accused of fatally shooting Rep. Melissa and Mark Hortman and injuring Sen. John and Yvette Hoffman. The attorney’s…
