Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced on Saturday that state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband are dead, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are wounded in a politically motivated shooting, reports cbsnews.com. According to the report, Hortman and her husband were shot in Brooklyn Park, while Hoffman and his wife were shot in Champlin. Speaking at a Saturday presser, Walz called the deaths of Hortman and her husband “a political assassination”.
“Hortman was someone who served the people of Minnesota with grace, compassion, humor, and a sense of service,” Walz said. “She was a formidable public servant. A fixture and a giant in Minnesota.”
