Overview

• On June 14 in Brooklyn Park, Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot dead in an assault that authorities now deem an act of targeted political violence.
• Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette survived a related shooting at their Champlin home and are recovering from surgery after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds.
• Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday on suspicion of targeting lawmakers in a politically motivated attack.
• Hortman, a former Minnesota House speaker, was credited with brokering bipartisan agreements on paid family leave, gun safety regulations and free school lunches.
• Lawmakers and community members have created a memorial at the State Capitol in St. Paul to honor Hortman’s pragmatic, consensus-building leadership.