Hoffmans release update after Minnesota shooting
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Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings Suspect
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Minnesota, John Hoffman and Melissa Hortman
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A massive manhunt is underway for the suspect behind the fatal shooting of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband in Brooklyn Park. State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also injured in what Gov.
State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were gunned down at their home early on Saturday morning, but survived. Melissa Hortman - the top Democratic legislator in the state House - and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed. Yvette Hoffman said in a statement that she and her husband John were "devastated" by the Hortmans' deaths.
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman was shot in her Brooklyn Park home, while fellow party member Sen. John Hoffman was targeted roughly 8 miles away in Champlin, sources told 5 Eyewitness News. A third victim was also shot, according to reports.
Abdulahi Jama Ali, of Shakopee, and Abdikani Mukhtar Abdiwahab, of Bloomington, were charged Monday in Dakota County District Court, Ali is charged with two counts of drive-by shooting and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. Abdiwahab is facing two drive-by shooting charges and other counts for aiding an offender.
A bullet narrowly missed Minnesota Democratic state Senator John Hoffman's heart during Saturday's shooting by suspect Vance Boelter, his nephew told local news station KARE 11. Hoffman and his wife,