Minnesota Home Democratic Caucus Chief Melissa Hortman speaks with reporters on the state Capitol in St. Paul on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar remembered fellow Minnesota Democrat Mellissa Hortman, who was fatally shot in her residence early Saturday morning alongside her husband, Mark, as a “true public servant.”
“I simply want everybody on the planet, the political world, knew this lady like we all know her in Minnesota, cherished by Democrats and Republicans,” Klobuchar mentioned of Hortman, who was a member of the Minnesota Home since 2005.
“We began out collectively in politics, mothers with younger youngsters, and in some way she was in a position to steadiness attending to know everybody, door knock each home in her district, whereas elevating two youngsters,” she continued on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Klobuchar mentioned she was at a dinner with Hortman the night time earlier than a gunman impersonating a police officer killed her and her husband in an act officers are calling a “politically motivated assassination.”
A large manhunt continues Sunday for the suspect, who officers have recognized as 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter.
The suspect additionally shot State Senator John A. Hoffman, a fellow Democrat, and his spouse, Yvette, in a separate assault at their residence early Saturday morning.
Klobuchar mentioned Sunday that the couple was “hanging in there.”
She mentioned that Hoffman may have “extra surgical procedures,” however he’s at present in secure situation.
Klobuchar mentioned that authorities consider the suspect may nonetheless be within the Midwest, and that they’ve put out an alert in South Dakota.
“We consider he is someplace within the neighborhood and that they will discover him,” Klobuchar mentioned.
Klobuchar emphasised that if anyone within the public spots the suspect, they need to “not strategy him.”
“My concern is that this man goes to return up in opposition to simply an harmless, attempt to take their automotive, strive to enter their home proper now,” Klobuchar mentioned.
“Plenty of the political leaders in our state have obtained further safety, however not the innocents on the market,” she added.
Authorities found a “manifesto” within the suspect’s automotive that included a number of names of officers and lawmakers.
Klobuchar mentioned that she has obtained extra safety with out her request.