Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota commended the family of John A. Hoffman, saying their actions during a gunman’s attack on Saturday saved “countless lives.”

The gunman accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and wounding a second lawmaker and his spouse will face federal charges. Federal prosecutors revealed in a six-count complaint that Vance Boelter has been charged with murder,

State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were gunned down at their home early on Saturday morning, but survived. Melissa Hortman - the top Democratic legislator in the state House - and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed. Yvette Hoffman said in a statement that she and her husband John were "devastated" by the Hortmans' deaths.

Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot dead in what state governor Tim Walz described as a “politically motivated assassination”.Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park,