Wife of Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman used her body as a shield to protect daughter during shooting: family

The wife of the wounded Minnesota state senator targeted during an overnight assassination attempt shielded the couple’s daughter as the masked gunman opened fire on the family, missing the couple’s vital organs by inches, family and reports said.Yvette Hoffman jumped on top of her adult daughter, Hope, while alleged assassin Vance Luther Boetler fired multiple shots at her and State Sen.John Hoffman inside their Minneapolis suburb home early Saturday morning, according to Hoffman’s nephew.“Early this morning, an absolute vile piece of s–t dressed as a cop broke into my aunt and uncle’s house and shot him 6 times and my aunt 5 times in a political act of terrorism.

My aunt threw herself on her daughter, using her body as a shield to save her life,” Mat Ollig wrote on Facebook.One of the bullets narrowly missed the Democratic senator’s heart, KARE11 reported.Police responded to a 911 call at the residence in Champlin, Minn.just after 2 a.m.

and discovered the Hoffmans wounded, rushing them to a hospital where they underwent surgery.Ollig revealed his aunt and uncle were out of surgery and in stable condition.Yvette Hoffman was awake and alert in the hospital as of Saturday night, KMSP reported.Hope Hoffman, who is in her 20s, was not hit in the shooting.Bullet holes riddled the front of the Champlin home, the first house he allegedly targeted in his rampage before driving to Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Rep.

Melissa Hortman’s home in Brooklyn Park.Boelter is accused of fatally shooting Hortman and her husband, Mark, inside their home at around 3:30 a.m.The gunman allegedly posed as a police officer and appeared at the front doorsteps of the Hortman residence and opened fire on the couple, officials announcedRep.Hortman, 55, was pronounced dead at the scene and her husband died at a nearby hospital.Brooklyn Park police were notified of the shooting in Champlin and did a check on the Hortmans when they found the masked gunman, wearing a uniform...