On top of grieving the sudden, tragic loss of his parents, Colin Hortman told Minnesota lawmakers Thursday that the clean-up of his childhood home after the murder of his parents — House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman — was a prolonged process that only made matters worse.
He hopes a proposal that is advancing at the State Capitol will make it easier for other families who may find themselves in a similar situation in the future.
In the House Commerce committee, Colin Hortman testified that law enforcement who responded to his parent’s Brooklyn Park home the night they were killed last June deployed tear gas and other chemical irritants when they thought the accused assassin was still inside…