Suspect arrested in shooting of 2 Minnesota lawmakers
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🗓️ 16 June 2025
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Summary
Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in their home early Saturday morning in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also shot multiple times in their home about nine miles away. In tumultuous times, we can be frightened into withdrawing from the news and the challenges of our day, or we can ask in every situation: How is God “reaching out” to us? Since I believe he redeems all he allows, I believe we can ask how he could redeem even this moment and pain, and how we can join him.
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| 0:00.0 | Good day and welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article podcast for Monday, June the 16th, 2025. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Chris Elkins, narrator, voicing today's daily article written by our co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:18.9 | Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in their |
| 0:25.0 | home last Saturday morning in what Governor Tim Walts calls a politically motivated assassination. |
| 0:32.0 | She was the top Democratic leader in the state legislature. |
| 0:35.4 | She and her husband had two children. |
| 0:38.0 | State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also shot multiple times in their home |
| 0:44.1 | about nine miles away. |
| 0:45.8 | Vance Bultler, the man authorities believe shot the two lawmakers and their spouses, was arrested |
| 0:51.2 | last night near his home, ending a two-day manhunt. |
| 0:55.0 | The Hoffmans are out of surgery and receiving care. |
| 0:58.0 | The shootings occurred the morning that the No Kings anti-Trump protests |
| 1:02.0 | were scheduled for cities across the country. |
| 1:05.0 | More than 5 million people took part in demonstrations in over 2,100 cities and towns across the country. |
| 1:12.2 | The same day, the Texas State Capitol was briefly evacuated after what officials called a |
| 1:17.8 | credible threat against lawmakers. A person was later taken into custody in connection with the threats. |
| 1:24.2 | As the protests were being held, a military parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of |
| 1:30.1 | the U.S. Army took place in Washington, D.C. The event told the story of the army from the |
| 1:35.6 | Revolutionary War to modern day, complete with military hardware and thousands of soldiers. President |
| 1:42.1 | Trump thanked the military and applauded their courage in defense of our nation. |
| 1:46.0 | All of this took place while Israel and Iran continued missile attacks that began Friday as Israel seeks to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons. |
| 1:56.0 | Yemen's Iran supported Houthis, targeted Israel with several ballistic missiles as well, |
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