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Read the Hoffman family’s full statement on shooting

John and Yvette Hoffman were hospitalized following a shooting at their home early Saturday in Champlin.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
June 20, 2025 at 3:46PM
State Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, at a 2024 Senate Human Services Committee hearing in St. Paul. (Glen Stubbe/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, called for civility in the wake of a gunman’s attack that wounded the couple and killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.

Suspected gunman Vance Boelter has been charged in the shootings, during which he allegedly impersonated a police officer. Gov. Tim Walz and other officials have called the shootings politically motivated acts of violence.

Read the full statement from the Hoffmans, released late Thursday:

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