Screen Shot 2022-09-30 at 3.23.09 PM North Dakota prosecutors on Friday leveled a murder charge against the man who allegedly ran down 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson earlier this month because he was a “Republican extremist” and had threatened him.
Shannon Brandt, 41, was arrested in the wee hours of September 18 after police say that he fatally struck Ellingson with his SUV after a street dance in McHenry, North Dakota. Brandt, who police said was drunk and fled the scene, told a 911 operator Ellingson was part of a “Republican extremist group” and had tried to “get him.” The politically charged killing in a town of only 64 people drew national headlines.
“I just wanna ask you a question, am I going to prison?” Brandt asked the 911 operator, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Friday. The document said Brandt indicated on the call that the incident was intentional. A GoFundMe […]
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