Minnesota shooting: US lawmaker seen breaking down in tears hours before being killed; emotional video goes viral
Minnesota shooting: US lawmaker seen breaking down in tears in viral video | Credit: X | @ParatooperBrady
In a tragic incident, Minnesota House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot in their Brooklyn Park home on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Amid the investigation going on, a video of Melissa Hortman from hours before being shot and killed has surfaced on social media, where Hortman is seen breaking down in tears. The video has not gone viral.
The viral video shows Hortman crying after siding with Republicans on cutting healthcare access for undocumented immigrants. According to NDTV, officials said that the 57-year-old Democrat and her husband were killed in a 'politically motivated' shooting.
🚨 You can't make this up…The Minnesota shooter, Vance Luther Boelter, disguised himself in a full police uniform and a skin-tight latex mask before shooting two lawmakers.We've gone from political tension to straight-up Hollywood villain insanity.
These people aren't just… pic.twitter.com/vmXtZtUZVn — Tony Lane 🇺🇸 (@TonyLaneNV) June 14, 2025 Melissa Hortman's video, just hours after the death, goes viral
The viral clip that has surfaced on social media is an emotional clip of the former Minnesota House Speaker, who defended her controversial vote siding with Republicans to cut healthcare access for undocumented immigrants, saying that she did what leaders do.
"I stepped up and I got the job done for the people of Minnesota," she added. On the other hand, Melissa was only Democrat to vote in favour of the measure and since the video has surfaced on the internet, it quickly grabbed attention of netizens.
REPORT: Shortly before Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman was shot and k*lled, she broke down in tears in front of cameras after siding with Republicans.Hortman was the lone Democrat who voted to cut health care access for adult illegal immigrants.
"I did what leaders do... I… pic.twitter.com/tpqUe0LRaZ — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 14, 2025 What happened to Melissa Hortman and her husband?
On Saturday, the former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman, 55, and her husband were killed, and Sen. John Hoffman, 60, who was also a Democrat, and his wife were found wounded at different places on June 14.
Credit: X | @ParatooperBrady
The disturbing details were revealed from an audio of emergency calls. In the audio, it is quite clear that Hoffman had 'bleeding going on in his stomach,' while another has medical dispatchers from Hortman's residence saying one victim was going into cardiac arrest, while the other had passed away before they arrived, as per the files obtained by TMZ.
They also noted that he was "bleeding in his stomach" and that his abdomen was 'very distended.' They also reported that a woman at the scene had suffered three gunshot injuries—two in the abdomen and one in the arm. First Published: Jun 15, 2025, 18:29 IST
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