Hundreds gathered Saturday morning at Minneapolis' Basilica of St. Mary for the private funeral of Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their dog, Gilbert.Gov.

The funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, was held Saturday morning at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, after the couple were killed in what officials have described as a politically motivated assassination.

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed in what authorities are calling an assassination, were honored with a private funeral at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis.