Who are the shooting victims in the 'targeted' attacks against Minnesota lawmakers?

One Minnesota lawmaker and her hubby are dormant and a legislator and his woman are injured arsenic authorities hunt for the shooter successful what officials are calling "targeted" attacks connected governmental figures and their families. 

Former House Speaker Melissa Hortman, 55, was archetypal elected to the House of Representatives successful 2004 and had been serving her 11th word arsenic a subordinate of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. She acted arsenic number person from 2017 to 2019, and arsenic talker of the House from 2019 to 2025. 

She antecedently worked for senators Al Gore and John Kerry earlier enrolling successful instrumentality schoolhouse and yet starting her ain practice. 

Hortman and hubby Mark, who was besides killed in the attack, are survived by 2 big children. 

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Senator John A. Hoffman and Rep. Melissa Hortman (Minnesota Legislature via AP)

She reportedly worked with aggregate organizations passim her assemblage and was described arsenic a "lifelong nonmigratory of the bluish suburbs, a mother, a unpaid and a tiny concern person," according to her website. 

Hortman made headlines earlier this week for being the lone House Democrat voting to repeal taxpayer-funded healthcare sum for big amerciable immigrants. 

"I cognize that radical volition beryllium wounded by that vote, and we worked precise hard to effort and get a fund woody that wouldn’t see that provision," Hortman said aft the vote, according to KTTC. 

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State Rep. Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, smiles during the information process earlier she was elected talker of the Minnesota House successful St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 8, 2019.  (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Hortman reportedly voted against the measure to determination the fund done the state’s divided legislature. 

Earlier this year, Hortman led House Democrats successful a three-week walkout arsenic the divided legislature wrestled implicit powerfulness with Republicans. Hortman yet relinquished the gavel to Rep. Lisa Demuth and assumed the relation of talker emerita. 

"Our authorities mislaid a large leader, and I mislaid the dearest of friends," Gov. Tim Walz said. "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 many."

MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS AND SPOUSES SHOT IN SEPARATE HOME ATTACKS

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks astir the sidesplitting of authorities Rep. Melissa Hortman and her hubby astatine the State Emergency Operations Center successful Blaine, Minn., Saturday, June 14, 2025.   (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP)

Sen. John Hoffman, 60, and woman Yvette were besides changeable Saturday but are expected to survive. 

Hoffman was elected to the Minnesota Senate successful 2012 and is serving his 4th word arsenic a subordinate of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Prior to taking office, Hoffman served arsenic vice seat of the Anoka-Hennepin School Board. 

He serves arsenic the seat of the Human Services Committee and holds a spot connected the Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate Committee, on with the Environment, Climate and Legacy Committee and the Health and Human Services Committee. 

Hoffman and his woman person 1 child. 

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Law enforcement officers, including section police, sheriff's deputies and the FBI, signifier little than a mile from a shooting successful Brooklyn Park, Minn., Saturday, June 14, 2025.  (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)

"My bosom is breached implicit the events that unfolded overnight and the nonaccomplishment of life, information and bid that we are each feeling close now," Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson said in a statement. "The families of Speaker Melissa Hortman and Senator John Hoffman are successful my prayers. Senate Republicans are unified successful our condemnation of this brazen enactment of violence."

On Saturday afternoon, authorities released the sanction of a fishy wanted successful the attacks arsenic a manhunt for the shooter continues. 

Vance Boelter, 57, was identified arsenic the suspected gunman. 

Surveillance footage released by constabulary shows Boelter wearing a brownish cowboy chapeau wrong a Minneapolis concern hours aft the attacks, and a 2nd photograph revealed a masked gunman wearing police-like tactical cogwheel and carrying a flashlight extracurricular a home. 

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A surveillance photograph released by authorities shows a fishy wearing police-like tactical cogwheel and carrying a flashlight arsenic officials contention to find Vance Boelter, the suspected gunman successful the shooting of 2 Democratic lawmakers successful Minnesota Saturday, June 14, 2025.  (Minnesota Department of Public Safety)

Authorities person released a photograph of Vance Luther Boelter taken Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Minnesota Department of Public Safety)

Authorities did not uncover a imaginable motive for the violence.

Police were called to the Hoffmans’ location soon aft 2 a.m. and recovered the mates with aggregate gunshot wounds, according to authorities. As a precautionary measure, officers were sent to Hortman’s home. 

Upon their arrival, authorities encountered a antheral dressed arsenic a constabulary serviceman astatine Hortman’s location and what appeared to beryllium a patrol car parked outside. 

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"When officers confronted him, the idiosyncratic instantly fired upon the officers who exchanged gunfire, and the fishy retreated backmost into the home" and escaped, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said.

Several AK-style guns were recovered from the suspect’s vehicle, on with a heap of "No Kings" flyers, an evident motion to the anti-Trump medication protests sweeping the federation this weekend. Boelter is believed to beryllium equipped with a pistol. 

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for accusation starring to Boelter’s arrest. Authorities judge Boelter whitethorn beryllium trying to fly the area, and helium is considered equipped and dangerous. 

Boelter is 6 feet, 1 inch gangly and weighs astir 220 pounds. Officials inquire anyone with accusation astir Boelter's whereabouts to telephone 877-996-6222. 

The Associated Press and Fox News Digital's Cameron Arcand contributed to this report.