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.”

Vance Boelter, 57, has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The Hennepin County Attorney said Monday that her office intends to pursue first-degree murder charges against him as well.

The man accused of killing a Minnesota state representative and her husband and shooting a state senator and his wife visited the homes of four elected officials early Saturday morning.

John and Yvette Hoffman, who were shot in Minnesota on Friday, said they were "both incredibly lucky to be alive."

Suspect Vance Boelter charged with murder after ‘largest manhunt in state history’ - Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in the early hours of Saturday,

The suspect in two politically motivated shootings in Minnesota has been captured and faces multiple charges. Vance Boelter was arrested by police on Monday, near the woods by his home in Green Isle,

The man suspected of shooting and killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and shooting and wounding a second lawmaker and his wife is due in court.

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,