{"id":44498,"date":"2025-07-08T03:39:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44498"},"modified":"2025-07-08T03:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:39:48","slug":"minnesota-state-senator-wounded-in-deadly-political-shootings-is-out-of-intensive-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44498","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota state senator wounded in deadly political shootings is out of intensive care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Minnesota state senator who, along with his wife, was among the first victims in a June shooting spree<\/a> that took the life of a fellow lawmaker was released from intensive care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. John Hoffman is out of a hospital intensive care unit, his wife, Yvette Hoffman, who was released five days after she was treated for injuries sustained in the June 14 attack, confirmed Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bess Ellenson, a spokesperson for the couple, said in a statement, “I can confirm John is out of the ICU and at a rehab facility.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellenson sent a photo provided by Yvette Hoffman showing her husband smiling as he stands and gives a thumbs-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC affiliate KARE of Minneapolis<\/a> reported that the rehabilitation location is an acute care facility where Hoffman will remain for several weeks. He will also undergo multiple operations, according to the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The senator, who lives in Champlin, about 20 miles north of central Minneapolis, was shot nine times, family members and officials have said, after he lunged at the gunman<\/a> claiming to be a police officer at his front door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yvette, who was at her husband’s side, was also struck multiple times by gunfire. Daughter Hope closed and locked the door and called 911 as the gunman fled, the family said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope’s report helped lead police to two other residences occupied by fellow Democratically affiliated leaders in the Twin Cities region whom the suspect is alleged to have targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter was able to open fire on state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, who were killed in their home just after police arrived, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance Boelter<\/a>, 57, of Green Isle, Minnesota, was charged in U.S. District Court with stalking and murdering Hortman and her husband, in addition to stalking and shooting Hoffman and his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. attorney for Minnesota, Joe Thompson, called the attacks “targeted political assassinations,” though only one of the lawmakers was ultimately killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hortman and Hoffman are members of the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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