Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman's wife shares update after shooting: "We are incredibly lucky to be alive"
What it was like at the state Capitol with the Minnesota lawmakers who were shot
What it was like at the state Capitol with the Minnesota lawmakers who were shot
What it was like at the state Capitol with the Minnesota lawmakers who were shot
Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman's wife shared an update after a shooting injured the couple at their home early Saturday morning.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Sunday afternoon shared on social media a text message she says she received from Yvette Hoffman.
"Our family is so humbled by the love and outpouring from everyone," Yvette Hoffman said in the message.
The Hoffmans' nephew says she jumped on her and John Hoffman's adult daughter, Hope Hoffman, to shield her from the shots. Hope Hoffman was unharmed.
Yvette Hoffman says her husband was shot nine times and she was shot eight times.
"John is enduring many surgeries right now and is closer every hour to being out of the woods," she said. "...We are incredibly lucky to be alive. We are gutted and devastated by the loss of Melissa and Mark. We have no words. There is never a place for this kind of political hate."
Police first responded to a call of a shooting at the Hoffmans' home in Champlin, Minnesota, around 2 a.m. Saturday, according to Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
A few miles away, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called the attacks politically motivated.
Officials identified 57-year-old Vance Boelter as the suspect, and said he is considered armed and dangerous. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction.
Outside the Hortmans' home, Boelter left a vehicle that "looked exactly like an SUV squad car," according to Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley. It contained an extensive list of possible targets, authorities said. There were also fliers connected to Saturday's "No Kings" protests found inside.
On Sunday morning, authorities say they found a car belonging to Boelter seemingly abandoned in Sibley County along with a cowboy hat similar to one he was seen wearing after the shooting.
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