The Minnesota Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Thomas Søndergård, performed Elgar’s “Nimrod” as a homage to Melissa and Mark Hortman, who were killed Saturday morning.
Hortman was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Hennepin County, Minnesota. She represented northern parts of the Twin Cities metropolitan area in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 until her assassination in 2025.
On June 14, 2025, Hortman and her husband were assassinated in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The suspect was identified as 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, who also allegedly attempted to assassinate Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in a related shooting the same day.
