Minnesota teams pay tribute after shooting of Democratic politicians, spouses

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The Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Lynx offered their condolences successful effect to the shootings of 2 authorities politicians and their spouses.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her hubby Mark Hortman were fatally changeable successful Brooklyn Park by a fishy impersonating a constabulary officer, constabulary said.

In a related shooting, DFL Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were besides changeable successful Champlin.

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A Minnesota Twins military-inspired shot headdress successful the dugout earlier a crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine American Family Field. (Jeff Hanisch/Imagn Images)

"The Minnesota Twins are horrified and heartbroken by the execution of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her hubby Mark and the attempted sidesplitting of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette," the Twins' connection said. "Our deepest sympathies to the Hortman family, and our prayers are with the Hoffman household for a afloat recovery. We basal with each Minnesotans successful condemning these senseless acts of violence."

Prior to their crippled against the Los Angeles Sparks, the Lynx held a infinitesimal of silence.

"(The game) seems beauteous meaningless, certainly, hitting this adjacent to home," Lynx caput manager Cheryl Reeve said earlier their game, via ESPN. "Today's a pugnacious time each around. Basketball is what we do. We'll spell retired determination and bash what we do. But God knows what, erstwhile our crippled is over, God knows what we're going to travel disconnected the tribunal and larn what's happening. It's sickening."

A shelter-in-place bid has been issued wrong a 3-mile radius of Edinburgh Golf Course.

The fishy wore achromatic assemblage armor, a badge, a Taser and appeared indistinguishable from existent instrumentality enforcement, constabulary said. He besides drove a police-style SUV with flashing lights.

A constabulary serviceman lasting adjacent to a car successful beforehand of a thoroughfare sign

A Brooklyn Park constabulary serviceman speaks with the operator of a conveyance entering a vicinity June 14, 2025, successful Brooklyn Park, Minn. ( Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

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"Our authorities mislaid a large leader," Gov. Tim Walz said astatine a quality briefing Saturday morning, describing the incidental arsenic an "unspeakable tragedy. "Speaker Hortman was idiosyncratic who served the radical of Minnesota with grace, compassion, wit and a consciousness of service. She was a formidable nationalist servant, a fixture, and a elephantine successful Minnesota. She woke up each time determined to marque this authorities a amended place. She is irreplaceable and volition beryllium missed by truthful galore Minnesotans."

Walz was "cautiously optimistic" astir Hoffman and his woman surviving. Both were changeable aggregate times.

"This was an enactment of targeted governmental violence," Walz said. "Peaceful sermon is the instauration of our democracy. We don't settee their differences with unit oregon astatine gunpoint successful the authorities of Minnesota."