Overview
- Yvette Hoffman is slated for release today after surviving multiple gunshot wounds in the attack on her and her husband.
- Boelter was apprehended Sunday after a two-day manhunt, and authorities found notebooks listing more than 45 state and federal officials and evidence he had scouted other lawmakers’ homes.
- Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were wounded in the Champlin shooting, with their daughter’s quick 911 call credited for summoning help and likely saving lives.
- A candlelight vigil at the State Capitol Wednesday evening drew hundreds mourning Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed at their Brooklyn Park home.
- Legislators from both parties have pressed for expanded security funding and measures to protect officials and their families; Governor Walz has proposed reviewing Capitol firearms policy.