Minnesota lawmaker shootings

Friends, family, and colleagues gathered at the Basilica of Saint Mary to honor and remember the lives of Melissa and Mark Hortman. FOX 9's Mary McGuire has the full report.

Rep. Melissa and Mark Hortman were remembered at a funeral on Saturday. They were killed in a politically motivated attack.

A procession for Melissa and Mark Hortman was held as they were laid to rest on Saturday. About 1,500 people were in attendance at the funeral, including their two children Colin and Sophie, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and many of Rep. Hortman's colleagues.

Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were laid to rest at a funeral service at the Basilica of St. Mary on Saturday in front of hundreds of people, including their two children Colin and Sophie, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and many of Rep. Hortman's colleagues.

Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were laid to rest at a funeral service at the Basilica of St. Mary on Saturday in front of hundreds of people, including their two children Colin and Sophie, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and many of Rep. Hortman's colleagues.

Melissa and Mark Hortman will receive state honors from the Minnesota Honor Guard as their caskets are carried out of the church. The Hortman family will be presented with flags that flew about the Minnesota State Capitol on June 14, 2025. The Hortmans will receive a flyover and will be escorted by the Minnesota State Patrol.

Colin Hortman, the Hortmans' son, said his parents embodied the golden rule. He read a prayer that Melissa Hortman kept in her wallet called the Prayer of St. Francis, which his parents lived by.

Robin Ann Williams, a close friend of Mark and Melissa Hortman, delivered a eulogy for the couple, remembering her and her husband's cherished friendship with the Hortmans. She said the kitchen was the heart of their home, and they always made time for their friends.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivered a eulogy for Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, recalling Rep. Hortman as an "extraordinary" legislator. They were laid to rest at a funeral service at the Basilica of St. Mary on Saturday in front of hundreds of people, including their two children Colin and Sophie, Walz, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and many of Rep. Hortman's colleagues.

Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were laid to rest at a funeral service at the Basilica of St. Mary on Saturday in front of hundreds of people, including their two children Colin and Sophie, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and many of Rep. Hortman's colleagues. Here is the full homily given at the funeral service, which included discussing political violence, which took the lives of the Hortmans and their beloved dog Gilbert.

Before the Hortmans' caskets were brought to the altar at the Basilica of St. Mary, the Hortmans' children, Colin and Sophie, embraced each other as the service began and then draped funeral palls over their parents' caskets. Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, as well as their dog Gilbert, were fatally shot in a targeted, politically motivated attack on June 14.

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