Melissa Hortman, the Democratic leader in the Minnesota House, was shot and killed along with her husband by a gunman in their house in Minnesota, US, on Saturday morning, June 14. Mellisa, along with State Senator John Hoffman, were shot at in their house by an unidentified gunman impersonating a police officer. "My good friend and colleague, Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, were shot and killed early this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination. Our state has lost a great leader and I lost the dearest of friends," Walz said later Saturday morning at a news conference," Governor Tim Walz said. Minnesota Shooting: 3 Shot at As Suspect Impersonating Cop Opens Fire at Homes of Democratic Lawmakers in US, Shelter in Place Order Issued.

Melissa Hortman Dies in Minnesota Shooting

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