According to reports, a guy in North Dakota who is accused of killing a youngster by running him over with his car admitted to doing it on purpose following a political argument, saying the boy belonged to a Republican “extreme group.”
Cayler Ellingson, 18, was killed early on Sunday in McHenry by Shannon Brandt, 41, who was driving an SUV down an alley. He is accused of abandoning the scene of a fatal accident and vehicular homicide.
According to officials, Brandt contacted 911 to report the collision.
Court documents said he told a 911 dispatcher the teen was part of a Republican “extremist group” and was calling people to go after him following an unspecified political argument.
Ellingson’s mother told police her son called her before the crash, asking if she knew Brandt. She said she did but that she did not believe her son knew him.
Brandt fled the scene of the incident and was arrested at his home.
