Melissa Hortman, the former Minnesota House speaker, died from multiple gunshot wounds in a targeted, politically motivated assassination at her home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on June 14, 2025. She and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot by a man posing as a police officer during the attack. Melissa Hortman was pronounced dead at the scene, while her husband died later at the hospital. The incident was part of a broader attack that also wounded state senator John Hoffman and his wife. The suspect was identified as Vance Luther Boelter of Minnesota and was taken into custody after a manhunt.
