Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings Suspect
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State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.
Vance Boelter, the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, is set to make his first court appearance Monday afternoon on charges of murder and attempted murder.
State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, are each recovering after being shot multiple times in a politically-motivated attack at their Champlin home. John Hoffman was shot nine times and Yvette Hoffman was shot eight times early Saturday by a man posing as a police officer, who authorities allege was 57-year-old Vance Boelter.