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🗓️ 16 June 2025
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Monday, June 16. The seven stories you need to know today.
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0:00.0 | The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers was captured. |
0:08.8 | That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post. |
0:12.3 | I'm Hannah Jewell. |
0:13.5 | It's Monday, June 16th. |
0:15.8 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
0:21.2 | Early on Saturday, Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed |
0:27.6 | by a gunman at their home. |
0:29.9 | Hortman was a top Democratic lawmaker in the state. |
0:33.8 | The same gunman also shot a state senator and his wife at their home a few miles away. |
0:39.9 | John and Evette Hoffman are expected to survive. |
0:43.5 | Officials called it an act of targeted political violence. |
0:47.8 | The shootings sparked a two-day manhunt for the suspect, Vance Bolter. |
0:52.9 | Late yesterday, Minnesota Governor Tim Wallz announced Bolter's capture. |
0:58.1 | After two-day manhunt, two sleepless nights, law enforcement have apprehended Vance Bolter. |
1:04.7 | That's 48 hours that law enforcement involved in a complex and dangerous manhunt, spent Father's Day away from their families |
1:14.7 | to deliver justice for Melissa and Mark Hortman and their children who spent this Father's Day |
1:21.0 | alone. |
1:22.0 | Authorities said Bolter had posed as a police officer during the attacks. |
1:27.3 | They also said the 57-year-old had a list of democratic lawmakers and others who support liberal causes. |
1:34.9 | Speaking to the press on Saturday, Walls shared his remembrances of Melissa Hortman. |
1:40.9 | Speaker Hortman was someone who served the people of Minnesota with grace, compassion, humor, and a sense of service. |
1:48.2 | She was a formidable public servant, a fixture, and a giant in Minnesota. |
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