Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar ate dinner with Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman just hours before she and her husband, Mark, were gunned down in their home in Brooklyn Park, near Minneapolis, on Saturday, according to reports.
Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said she was informed of the assassination around 5 a.m. Saturday morning in a phone call from Gov. Tim Walz.
I wish everyone had known her like we knew her,” Klobuchar told Politico. “I was there when she was doorknocking in the beginning. … I was in county office and she was seeking the legislative office. She was pretty no-nonsense. But in a kind way, with a lot of humor.”
Rep. Hortman, who served as state speaker from 2019 until January 2025, was killed alongside her husband early Saturday in what officials describe as “a politically motivated assassination.”
The suspect, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, disguised himself as a police officer during the attack, according to authorities. Walz once appointed him to a state board.
Boelter left behind a manifesto that named 70 politicians, including Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, and members of the state’s congressional delegation.
Klobuchar stated that she was not informed that she was a potential target.
