Former President Joe Biden on Friday joined mourners in the Minnesota State Capitol to pay his respects to slain House Speaker Melissa Hortman, reports Axios.

Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their Brooklyn Park, Minn., home earlier this month in what law enforcement described as a string of attacks against dozens of Democratic elected officials.

The couple lay in state with their golden retriever, Gilbert. It was the first time a couple has lain in state at the Capitol, and the first time for a dog.

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