Governor Tim Walz Speaks Out After Minnesota Lawmaker Melissa Hortman Killed & Senator John Hoffman is Shot

A suspect posing as a police officer shot two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one and wounding the other.

Governor Tim Walz confirmed during a press conference on Saturday (June 14) that State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the former Democratic Speaker of the House, and her husband, Mark, were killed in the early morning hours.

Senator John Hoffman, 60, also a Democrat, and his wife Yvette both survived the shooting and are now receiving medical care at the hospital.

Governor Walz said the the killing of Rep.