Mark Hortman was shot and killed on June 14 alongside his spouse, former Home Speaker Melissa Hortman, within the household’s Brooklyn Park, MN, residence, according to Minnesota’s governor.

That has lots of people questioning extra about Mark Hortman. He gave a view into his biography and life on his Facebook page, the place he continuously posted loving household images collectively along with his spouse. His ultimate public put up on Facebook weighs in on present occasions.

The suspect, who was masquerading as a police officer, had shot and wounded a state senator and his spouse shortly earlier than, police say. He’s at giant, and Gov. Tim Walz known as the murders of the Hortmans a focused political assassination.

Hortman was lively on Facebook, the place he continuously posted about politics, tagged his spouse, and posted a video of the household’s canine on the entrance door. The household consists of two youngsters.

In 2024, Melissa Hortman wrote of her husband, “Glad thirty first Anniversary, Mark Hortman! Isn’t it romantic to mow the grass & anticipate major outcomes? So glad to be collectively, whether or not we’re chasing waterfalls in Scotland or proper right here on the sofa.”

In keeping with Mark Hortman’s Facebook web page, he was a “Program Supervisor at nVent Electrical” and “Former Proprietor at Avatar Options LLC.” He lived in Brooklyn Park, MN, and was from Raleigh, NC.

His ultimate public put up was on Might 18 and was about tariffs. “Perhaps one in all my Republican pals may clarify this to me,” he wrote.

Lots of his posts have been political in nature. In a single, he urged folks to help ladies in politics. “The entire Republican Occasion is only one corruption machine,” he wrote on Facebook in 2023.

In 2009, Melissa Hortman wrote on his web page, “I appreciated the profile image with you and your spouse : )”

His cowl photograph confirmed him on a motorbike.

Melissa Hortman’s legislative bio describes her as “Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL) District: 34B Speaker Emerita, DFL Chief.”

It says she was an legal professional. “B.A., political science/philosophy, Boston College; J.D., College of Minnesota; MPA, Harvard Kennedy Faculty,” her bio reads, including, “Married, partner Mark, 2 kids.”

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