Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota commended the family of John A. Hoffman, saying their actions during a gunman’s attack on Saturday saved “countless lives.”

Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, survived a targeted shooting at their home in Champlin, sustaining multiple bullet wounds each. Yvette shielded their daughter during the attack.

Melissa Hortman and her husband died in the Minnesota shootings. John Hoffman and his wife were seriously wounded. Here's what we know about them.

The couple sustained injuries in the shooting, while Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were murdered

Chaos struck Minnesota over the weekend when a targeted shooting spree left two state lawmakers and their spouses dead or injured, and a community reeling in shock.Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed,

Daylight was still two hours off when Brooklyn Park police approached the home of former Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman to find someone had beat them there.

Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman lived in West Des Moines for nearly a decade and is credited with forming an active Democratic Party there.

Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette, who were both shot in their home by the suspect who is believed to have later killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark, in a “politically motivated assassination” on Saturday,