Wife of Senator Injured in Minnesota Shooting Speaks Out: ‘Lucky to Be Alive’

Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured.

Bullet holes in the front door of the house of Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, who were shot earlier in the day, in Champlin, Minn., on June 14, 2025. Bruce Kluckhohn/AP Photo

The wife of a Minnesota lawmaker injured in a targeted shooting shared an update over the weekend.

“We are both incredibly lucky to be alive,” Yvette Hoffman, wife of state Sen. John Hoffman, told U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in a June 15 text message that Klobuchar posted on Facebook.