Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman has been released from the hospital after he was shot multiple times during a "politically motivated assassination” attempt.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman, who was shot nine times by a gunman posing as a police officer who authorities say went on to kill another lawmaker, is out of the hospital and is now recovering in a transitional care unit, his family said.

State Sen. John Hoffman has been released from the hospital into a rehabilitation facility after he and his wife Yvette were shot and seriously wounded in their home last month. The family said he has a “long road to recovery ahead,