State Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, gives a thumbs-up to Democratic National Committee members as he takes the stage in his first public appearance since he was shot nine times in June. (Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer)MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — In Sen. John Hoffman’s first major public appearance since he and his family were the survivors of attempted political assassinations…
Vance BoelterMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a Minnesota man Tuesday on charges that he fatally shot a prominent Minnesota state representative and her husband and seriously wounded a state senator and his wife while he was allegedly disguised as a police officer. The indictment handed up lists murder, stalking and firearms charges against Vance Boelter. The murder…
(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/FOX 9) — Just five days after being shot at her home in Champlin, Yvette Hoffman is set to be released from the hospital. She is the wife of Minnesota Senator John Hoffman. The Hoffman’s released an update on their conditions. John is still in critical, but stable condition and Yvette is in stable condition. The couple…
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…
Courtesy: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) / Facebook(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…
Lawmakers on Sunday continued to reel from the shooting of two Democratic Minnesota state legislators in their homes that led to the death of one and her husband, contemplating a previously unthinkable world where democratically-elected representatives need full-time security details to protect them from the public. “I don’t want to think that I have to a personal security detail everywhere I go,…
