Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife credited their daughter, Hope, with saving their lives the night they were both shot and wounded by a gunman carrying out an assassination attempt.

In a statement, Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette provided new details of the moments they were shot last weekend by a man charged with attempting to murder them and assassinating state Rep.

Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were in stable condition at a hospital Saturday after they were shot in their Champlin home by a would-be assassin. Hoffman, 60, was shot six times and his wife five times,