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A ‘formidable public servant.’ Who was Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota state representative assassinated in her home?
A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout Leader and worked at her ...
Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman remembered as a trailblazing public servant after fatal shooting
Before Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman became a nationally recognized figure following her fatal shooting death ...
Sen. Klobuchar mourns assassinated Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman as manhunt continues
Sen. Amy Klobuchar remembered Minnesota Democrat Rep. Melissa Hortman as a "true public servant" who was "loved by Democrats ...
Melissa Hortman, shepherd of Legislature’s historic 2023 session, called House Democrats’ ‘captain’
But there was a caring, apolitical gracefulness as well to Hortman, colleagues said. Garofalo said that in the days after the ...
2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in ‘targeted’ attack, search for gunman underway
A manhunt is underway in Minnesota for a gunman who shot and killed a state representative and wounded a senator in what ...
Minnesota lawmakers shot in their homes, suspect posed as officer, governor says
Democratic Sen. John Hoffman, his wife, and House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman were injured in what the governor ...
Rep. Melissa Hortman, husband killed: Scene in Brooklyn Park
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the shooting of Sen. John ...
Search for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota lawmakers leads to vehicle in rural area
Authorities searched a vehicle on a rural road outside Minneapolis on Sunday that they believe had been used by the man wanted in the shootings of two Democratic lawmakers, as a state on edge ...