Naasir Akailvi
Digital Content Producer at KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
Digital Content Producer for @kare11. Formerly @mspbjnews also known as @thenbhdreporter
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1 week ago |
kare11.com | Naasir Akailvi
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — Yvette Hoffman, who survived being shot multiple times with her husband and state senator John, has been released from the hospital where she was recovering. John Hoffman remains in serious but stable condition, according to Allina Health. The Hoffmans were allegedly targeted by Vance Boelter early on Saturday morning before Boelter fatally shot MN House Speaker-Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
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1 week ago |
kare11.com | Naasir Akailvi
HASTINGS, Minn. — A gas leak in Hastings has prompted officials to close a critical stretch of roadway in the city. According to the Hastings Fire Department, Highway 61 southbound is closed between Highway 55 and 15th Street because of the leak. Posted June 19, 2025 at 3:30 p.m. A message from the Hastings Fire Department: 61 southbound is closed between Highway 55 and 15th street due to a gas leak in the area. The closure is likely to last a number of hours.
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1 week ago |
11alive.com | Naasir Akailvi
State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot multiple times, surviving a violent attack. CHAMPLIN, Minn. — State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were both shot more than seven times each, according to a message Yvette sent U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. "John is enduring many surgeries right now and is closer every hour to being out of the woods. He took 9 bullet hits. I took 8 and we are both incredibly lucky to be alive.
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1 week ago |
11alive.com | Naasir Akailvi
Vance Boelter is the suspect in the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers. SAVAGE, Minn. — Vance Boelter, the suspect in the killing of Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) and her husband, Mark, voluntarily left his job at a funeral home earlier this year, according to his former boss. “We would like to extend our thoughts and condolences to the families of Rep. Hortman and Sen. Hoffman. This is devastating news for all involved.
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1 week ago |
9news.com | Naasir Akailvi
ONAMIA, Minn. — The wife of Vance Boelter, the man suspected in the fatal shooting of Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park), was in a vehicle with people detained by law enforcement. The Mille Lacs County Sheriff, Kyle Burton, confirmed to KARE 11 that Jenny Lynne Boelter was in the vehicle with people detained in the Onamia area.
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