The wife of a Minnesota state senator wounded in a targeted overnight assassination attempt heroically shielded their daughter as a masked gunman opened fire, narrowly missing the couple’s vital organs, according to family and news reports.
Yvette Hoffman threw herself over their adult daughter, Hope, while accused gunman Vance Luther Boelter unleashed multiple rounds inside their suburban Minneapolis home early Saturday morning, State Sen. John Hoffman’s nephew said.
“Early this morning, an absolute vile piece of s–t dressed as a cop broke into my aunt and uncle’s house and shot him 6 times and my aunt 5 times in a political act of terrorism. My aunt threw herself on her daughter, using her body as a shield to save her life,” Mat Ollig wrote on Facebook.
One bullet came close to striking Democratic State Sen. John Hoffman’s heart, according to KARE11. His nephew, Tim Ollig, confirmed that both Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, had undergone surgery and were in stable condition. Yvette was reported to be awake and responsive as of Saturday night, per KMSP. Their daughter, Hope Hoffman, who is in her 20s, was unharmed in the shooting.