Crime & Safety

Brooklyn Park Hosts Healing Event In Wake Of Deadly Lawmaker Shooting, Break-In

"We just still can't believe that it happened. We just want to get some peace back," resident Tammy Poquet said.

(CBS Minnesota)

June 20, 2025

Healing is the next focus for Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, residents. After Saturday's assassination and attacks, the city held an event to help residents do just that.

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"We just still can't believe that it happened. We just want to get some peace back," resident Tammy Poquet said.

Poquet and her daughter were two of many Brooklyn Park residents who attended the city's healing event on Thursday, hearing from the police department first-hand.

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Fencing now surrounds the Hortmans' Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, home after a break-in overnight Wednesday/WCCO

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