Two Democratic lawmakers Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman were shot overnight in separate locations between the evening of Friday, June 13, and the morning of Saturday, June 14. As the details about their case come to light, read on to learn what happened to them and more about the suspect.

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

When a longtime Minnesota lawmaker died after a battle with ALS, former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman helped pass historic legislation in search of a cure.

But there was a caring, apolitical gracefulness as well to Hortman, colleagues said. Garofalo said that in the days after the 2022 elections, when Democrats took control of state