The Hoffman household launched an announcement Thursday night time detailing their miraculous survival of a political assassination try at their dwelling in Champlin, Minnesota final weekend. (Textual content of assertion at finish of article.)
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Sen. John Hoffman was shot 9 occasions by accused gunman Vance Boelter as he answered the entrance door at 2 a.m. CDT final Saturday and stays hospitalized in severe however secure situation. His spouse Yvette was shot eight occasions after she pressured Boelter again and closed the door. She was discharged from the hospital on Thursday. The Hoffmans’ grownup daughter Hope was current however was not hit by the gunfire as she managed to totally shut and lock the entrance door after her mom closed it and obtained shot.
Photograph of Sen. John Hoffman’s shot up entrance door, by Jeff Ernst, NY Occasions.https://t.co/aA9vntIQsx pic.twitter.com/QR7gY1ZKBY
— Kristinn Taylor (@KristinnFR) June 14, 2025
Boelter, who wore a masks and was disguised as a policeman, later shot and killed Speaker Emerita Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL) and her husband Mark of their Brooklyn Park dwelling. Boelter was reportedly unsuccessful in two different makes an attempt on the houses of state elected officers.
Boelter was caught after a two day manhunt and faces state and federal charges, together with homicide.
Excerpt from the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota’s statement on the shootings:
In response to court docket paperwork, within the early morning hours of June 14, 2025, Vance Luther Boelter implement a calculated plan to inflict concern and violence upon Minnesota elected officers and their households. Boelter outfitted himself with firearms and physique armor, disguised himself as a legislation enforcement officer, and drove to the house of Senator Hoffman. Boelter knocked on the door repeatedly, claiming to be a police officer. Shortly after the Hoffmans opened the door, they had been alarmed to understand Boelter was carrying a facemask. The Hoffmans tried to shut the door on Boelter, however Boelter repeatedly shot each Senator and Mrs. Hoffman.
Boelter then traveled to the houses of two different Minnesota elected officers, nonetheless disguised as a legislation enforcement officer. Boelter didn’t handle to make contact with both of these officers or their households.
Subsequent, Boelter drove to the house of Speaker Emerita and Consultant Melissa Hortman. In the meantime, native legislation enforcement, having heard of the capturing on the Hoffman residence, drove to the Hortman family to conduct a security test. Upon arriving, officers noticed Boelter’s automobile, a black Ford Explorer SUV designed to have a look at a legislation enforcement automobile. It was outfitted with police-style lights that had been on and flashing. Officers noticed Boelter, standing a number of toes from and dealing with the entrance door of the Hortman dwelling. Moments later, Boelter fired a number of gunshots into the house, repeatedly hanging Mr. Hortman. As Boelter did so, he rushed into the house and fired a number of extra pictures, repeatedly hanging Consultant Hortman. Officers supplied medical assist to the Hortmans and tried to pursue Boelter, who deserted the SUV and fled, initially, on foot. Each Hortmans died from their wounds.
Legislation enforcement searched Boelter’s SUV and recovered 5 firearms, together with semi-automatic, assault-style rifles, a big amount of ammunition, and a number of other notebooks full of handwritten notations. These notes listed out the names of dozens of Minnesota state and federal elected officers. The notes typically recognized these officers’ dwelling addresses.
Excerpt from ABC News report:
However two different lawmakers had been spared the night time of the shootings, in keeping with appearing U.S. Legal professional for the District of Minnesota Joseph Thompson.
After Boelter allegedly shot the Hoffmans, prosecutors mentioned he drove to a state consultant’s home in Maple Grove. That lawmaker was not dwelling as she and her household had been on trip, Thompson mentioned, and Boelter left the scene.
Boelter then allegedly drove to a state senator’s dwelling in New Hope and parked on the road, Thompson mentioned.
After studying of the capturing at Hoffman’s dwelling, New Hope police dispatched an officer to the New Hope lawmaker’s home, Thompson mentioned. When the officer arrived, she noticed Boelter’s automobile parked down the block and she or he believed Boelter was an officer dispatched to the scene, Thompson mentioned.
The officer pulled up subsequent to Boelter, rolled down her window and tried to talk with him, however he didn’t reply and stared straight forward, Thompson mentioned. So the New Hope officer drove to the state senator’s dwelling and waited for different legislation enforcement, and by that point, Boelter had left the scene, Thompson mentioned.
After studying of the capturing on the Hoffmans’, officers had been proactively dispatched the Brooklyn Park dwelling of his fellow lawmaker, former Speaker of the Minnesota Home of Representatives Melissa Hortman.
When two Brooklyn Park officers arrived on the Hortmans’, they noticed Boelter’s SUV within the driveway with emergency lights flashing and Boelter standing in entrance of the home, Thompson mentioned.
Boelter noticed the officers and allegedly began capturing and working into the home, killing Melissa Hortman and her husband, Thompson mentioned.
The officers fired at Boelter as he allegedly rushed into the house, Thompson mentioned, however the suspect escaped into the home and out the again.
Sen. John Hoffman and his spouse Yvette launched this assertion tonight in regards to the night time they survived a number of gunshot wounds of their dwelling. Prayers for his or her household… pic.twitter.com/D1PxolZyLh
— Tom Hauser (@thauserkstp) June 20, 2025
Textual content of the statement by the Hoffman family:
STATEMENT FROM THE HOFFMAN FAMILY
June 19, 2025Within the early morning hours of June 14th, Senator John Hoffman and his spouse Yvette had been shot within the entryway of their Champlin dwelling. Their grownup daughter, Hope, was current and was additionally threatened by the shooter. Senator Hoffman is in crucial however secure situation; Yvette Hoffman is in secure situation, as properly. However now in restoration from their accidents, they’re releasing the next assertion for the document:
As a result of we’ve got been hospitalized and receiving medical care, we’ve got not been in a position to present a lot data concerning the horrible circumstances of June 14th, however would now like to supply an announcement providing extra readability of what occurred.
After having attended the Humphrey Mondale dinner on Friday, June thirteenth, we returned to our dwelling, joined there by our grownup daughter, Hope. At roughly 2:00 a.m., we had been all woke up by the sounds of pounding on the entrance door and shouts of somebody looking for entry, figuring out himself as a police officer. When the door was opened, all three of us had been within the entryway. John initially lunged on the gunman because the weapon was pointed straight at him, getting struck 9 occasions. As John fell, Yvette reached out to push the person and shut the door, succeeding earlier than she was additionally hit eight occasions by gunfire. Hope then rushed to close the door and secured the lock; she obtained to the telephone and shared with the 911 operator that Senator John Hoffman had been shot in his dwelling. Her courageous actions and fast considering triggered the discover to public security officers {that a} politically-motivated act was probably underway.
As we proceed to obtain medical care, we’re deeply grateful for these suppliers, for the primary responders and for all these in legislation enforcement who labored so shortly, professionally and selflessly to safeguard others and to apprehend the shooter, beginning with our personal
officers in Champlin and Brooklyn Park.We’re heartbroken to know that our associates Melissa and Mark Hortman had been assassinated. Our daughter Hope and Sophie Hortman went to highschool collectively, and we all know that they – together with Colin Hortman – may have one another’s assist as all of us work via the devastating penalties of that horrific night time. We need to thank all these at Fernbrook College behind the GoFundMe account – you may be serving to us choose up the damaged items of our lives. We’re uplifted by the prayers and assist from so many throughout the state of Minnesota and the nation: thanks.
Selecting to work within the public sector, even in as restricted a means as John’s profession as a senator, has all the time meant sacrificing a degree of privateness. However now we’re grappling with the fact that we stay in a world the place public service carries such dangers as being focused as a result of somebody disagrees with you or doesn’t like what you stand for. As a society, as a nation, as a neighborhood, we should work collectively to return to a degree of civility that enables us all to stay peacefully. The longer term for our youngsters will depend on that. We might be praying for that work and admire all those that will be part of with us.
Sincerely,
John and Yvette Hoffman
