A suspect is in custody after Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday, while state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded.

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

We sat down with Murphy on Tuesday to hear about the loss of her colleague and friend, and the emotion she felt finding out that Senator John Hoffman, a member of her own caucus, was shot.

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed, and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured in what Gov. Tim Walz called "politically motivated" shootings.

Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith honored the late former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, on the Senate Floor on Tuesday, June 17.

Minnesota U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith took time to honor the late and former speaker of the House, Melissa Hortman. Both expressed condolences but also celebrated the 20-plus years of service Hortman gave to Minnesotans as a lawmaker.

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