The gunman who shot and killed Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home also killed their family’s beloved rescue dog, according to a fellow lawmaker.
The Former Democratic House Speaker, 55, and her husband Mark, 58, were allegedly gunned down early Saturday morning by suspected political assassin Vance Luther Boelter, who also wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife before he was finally captured Sunday following an intense 43-hour manhunt Sunday.
Boelter also allegedly shot the family’s beloved golden retriever, Gilbert, at the Brooklyn Park home.
Erin Koegel, a member of the Minnesota House since 2017, said one of the first things Hortman’s children had to do after the shooting was “put down [Gilbert] after learning their parents had been murdered,” she posted on X.
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