Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday, while State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded.

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith confronted Sen. Mike Lee of Utah on Monday over his social media posts that blamed the Minnesota lawmaker shootings on "Marxists."

Melissa Hortman, the Democratic state senator from Minnesota who was killed by a crazy shooter wearing a rubber mask, had just weeks before crossed party lines by voting to deny illegal migrants health care coverage.

A procession brought the bodies of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hartman from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office to a funeral home in Minneapolis. The Hortmans were fatally shot by Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect Vance Boelter on June 14.

The family dog of Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota lawmaker shot to death in her home alongside her husband, Mark Hortman, has died after injuries sustained in the weekend attack.Helping Paws, an animal non-profit outside Minneapolis,

Vance Boelter is charged with the assassination of Minnesota Senator Melissa Hortman and the fatal shooting of her dog, Gilbert.

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.

Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, were shot and killed early Saturday morning in “what appears to be a politically-motivated assassination,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said at a news conference Saturday.