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St. Paul, Minnesota – 18 June 2025
1. Mid of the Minnesota Orchestra playing in front of the Minnesota State Capitol
2. Pan left, attendees at the candlelight vigil
3. Mid of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz hugging and comforting another person
4. Mid of people showing emotion at the vigil
5. Various of people singing "Amazing Grace"
6. Various of the vigil, people showing emotion and leaving flowers at a makeshift memorial
7. Mid of Gov. Walz with Melissa Hortman’s brother, Patrick Haluptzok
8. Various of the Minnesota State Capitol
9. Various of the makeshift memorial
10. Various of photos of Melissa Hortman
11. Mid of the Minnesota flag at half-staff
12. Various of people leaving flowers at the makeshift memorial
13. Various of service dogs related to the one also shot at Hortman’s home
STORYLINE:
A candlelight vigil in remembrance of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, was held Wednesday evening on the steps of the State Capitol in St. Paul.
Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in their home early Saturday morning by a man posing as a police officer in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center.
Hortman had served as the top House Democratic leader since 2017, and six years as speaker, starting in 2019. Under a power-sharing deal after the 2024 election left the House tied, her title became speaker emerita and Republican Rep. Lisa Demuth became speaker.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen Walz, attended the vigil, joining mourners in singing “Amazing Grace,” holding candles, and leaving flowers at a makeshift memorial.
The man charged in federal and state court with killing them, Vance Boelter, is also accused of shooting another Democratic lawmaker, Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette, at their home a few miles away in Champlin. They survived and are recovering. Boelter’s attorneys have declined to comment on the charges
The Hortmans were alumni of the University of Minnesota, which scheduled a midday memorial gathering on the Minneapolis campus. The university said the event was to offer space “to acknowledge our shared grief, honor those who serve in public life, and reaffirm our collective commitment to leadership grounded in compassion, dialogue, and democracy.”
Melissa Hortman earned a law degree from the university in 1995, while Mark Hortman earned an MBA there in 2011.
Vance Boelter, 57, faces federal murder and stalking charges related to the Hortmans’ deaths.
Authorities say he also shot and wounded state Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, at their home in a nearby neighborhood that same morning.
They also said he visited the homes of two other state legislators but did not encounter them.
Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson revealed Monday at a news conference allegations that Boelter had dozens of other Democrats as potential targets, including officials in other states.
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