Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, are crediting their daughter Hope for "saving countless other lives" on the night the couple was shot.

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.

According to the statement, John Hoffman is in “critical but stable condition” and Yvette Hoffman is in “stable condition.”

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.