#yvette hoffman

A Minnesota state representative and her husband were assassinated by a fundamentalist extremist and "strong supporter of Donald Trump" named Vance L. Boelter. Boelter also shot and wounded a state senator and his wife.

The murdered state rep is former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and the wounded state senator is John Hoffman. Both are Democrats.

There is a $50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Boelter.

Authorities recovered a long hit list of Boelter's intended targets which included abortion providers and prominent Minnesota and out of state Democrats.

Suspect in ‘politically motivated assassination’ of Minnesota Democratic House leader identified, officials say

The bodies of the victims weren't even cold when Apartheid Elon Musk and other indwellers of the far right started belching disinformation.

Was his death horrifying? Sure especially to the people who didn’t sign up to see it in person nor the people who saw it online. But I’m sorry his life isn’t more important than anyone else’s and the fact that the right is trying to turn him into a martyr is rage inducing.

The 57-year-old, who has been identified as the suspected shooter by law enforcement, runs an armed security service with his wife, and has been affiliated with at least one evangelical organization, a ministry he has also run with his wife, according to a tax filing reviewed by WIRED. (His wife could not be immediately reached for comment.) According to public records and archived websites reviewed by WIRED, the suspect served for a time as the president of Revoformation Ministries. A version of the ministry’s website captured in 2011 carries a biography in which he is said to have been ordained in 1993.

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The suspect, whom Kalech said was “nothing but nice to me,” commissioned J-Town, Kalech recalled, because they’re Jerusalem-based, and he said he wanted to support Israel.

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Nina Golgowski at HuffPost:

A Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker was fatally shot and a second wounded early Saturday morning by a gunman impersonating a police officer at their homes. An ongoing manhunt was underway Saturday for the suspect, who had flyers for the “No Kings” political protests in his vehicle, authorities said. State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in “what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said at a press conference. Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette, were also shot multiple times at their home and have undergone surgery, he said. “This was an act of targeted political violence,” Walz said, sharing that “we are cautiously optimistic” Hoffman and his wife “will survive this assassination attempt.”

A suspect wanted in the attack was identified Saturday afternoon as 57-year-old Vance Boelter. Authorities, speaking at a press conference, said it’s not yet clear whether Boelter, who reportedly had some local government work experience, personally knew the victims. Walz’s office appointed Boelter in 2019 to serve four years on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board. In 2016, he served on the Governor’s Workforce Development Council under then-Gov. Mark Dayton, The New York Post reported, citing documents. [...] The shootings occurred in a timespan of less than two hours at the lawmakers’ respective homes in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, north of Minneapolis, authorities said. Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said his officers found Hortman and her husband shot around 3:30 a.m. The police were “proactively” checking on the couple after being contacted by Champlin Police following the earlier shooting at Hoffman’s home.

2 Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota were shot at by a violent right-wing killer who was motivated by anti-abortion animus: one was killed (State Rep. Melissa Hortman [D], along with her husband) and one was shot at (State Sen. John Hoffman [D] and his wife).

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