Former US House Speaker, Husband Shot Dead In ‘Politically Motivated’ Attack: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz

<p class=”p1″>Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced on Saturday that state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband are dead, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are wounded in a politically motivated shooting, reports cbsnews.com. According to the report, Hortman and her husband were shot in Brooklyn Park, while Hoffman and his wife were shot in Champlin. Speaking at a Saturday presser, Walz called the deaths of Hortman and her husband “a political assassination”.</p>
<p>”Hortman was someone who served the people of Minnesota with grace, compassion, humor, and a sense of service,” Walz said. “She was a formidable public servant. A fixture and a giant in Minnesota.”</p>
<p data-pm-slice=”1 1 []”>News agency AP reported that Hoffman is married and has one daughter. Hortman was the top House Democratic leader in the state legislature and a former House speaker. She was first elected in 2004.</p>
<p>Both Hoffman and Hortman represented districts located north of Minneapolis.</p>
<p data-pm-slice=”1 1 []”>The authorities, according to CBS News, said that the suspect is a White man with brown hair who’s believed to be wearing a blue shirt and blue pants. They say he is misrepresenting himself as law enforcement.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Metro residents are advised that if the police show up at the door, they will be the officers in pairs and not alone.</p>