Justice Coming: Man Who Ran Down Republican In North Dakota Charged With Murder

By Jean Robor | Monday, 03 October 2022 04:30 PM
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Justice Coming: Man Who Ran Down Republican In North Dakota Charged With Murder

A politically-charged killing led to a murder charge against 41-year-old Shannon Brandt in the small town of McHenry, North Dakota, with a population of 64.

The Daily Wire reported Brandt was arrested following a street dance on September 18 after fatally striking 19-year-old Cayler Ellingson with his SUV, according to police. A drunken Brandt fled the scene and called a 911 dispatcher, asking for an ambulance and saying Ellingson was part of a “Republican extremist group” and tried to “get him.”.

The Daily Wire reported that according to a probable cause affidavit, Brandt asked the dispatcher, “I just want to ask you a question; am I going to prison?” He also indicated he intended to murder Ellingson.

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According to the Daily Wire, the affidavit confirmed Brandt said on the call, “He wasn’t going to let me go; I hit him. I didn’t mean to, and he’s subdued. I was scared to death, but he’s subdued. He can’t do anything to me now, so, so this is why I’m calling you.”

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Just after 2:30 AM, Sheri Ellingson received a call from her son. She told him she would come to pick him up after he said someone was chasing him after the dance just before the call dropped.

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The police told her Brandt’s SUV had struck her son in an alleyway. She told the police she did not think her son knew his attacker.

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Initially, Brandt was found at his home, visibly intoxicated, and was charged with vehicular homicide. The charge was dropped, and a new charge of murder with a dangerous weapon, a felony, was announced Friday, resulting from a collaborative investigation between the Foster County Sheriff’s Department, the North Dakota Highway Patrol, and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Brandt also faces a charge for leaving the scene of a fatal crash.

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According to the Washington Post, the small-town murder made national headlines, and conservatives commented on Brandt’s alleged motive on social media. Investigators confirmed the case was not political, and there is no evidence supporting Ellingson was a Republican extremist.

If convicted, Brandt could face the maximum sentence of life in prison.

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