Speaking via a lawyer, Jenny Boelter expressed her horror at her husband’s alleged murder of former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman, her husband, and the shootings that left state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette wounded.

“On behalf of my children and myself, I want to express our deepest sympathies to the Hortman and Hoffman families. Our condolences are with all who are grieving during this unimaginably difficult time, and we are praying daily for them,” Boelter said in a statement through her legal team.

“We are absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blindsided. This violence does not at all align with our beliefs as a family. It is a betrayal of everything we hold true as tenets of our Christian faith. We are appalled and horrified by what occurred and our hearts are incredibly heavy for the victims of this unfathomable tragedy,” she added.

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