{"id":130976,"date":"2022-09-21T14:59:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=130976"},"modified":"2022-09-21T14:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:59:34","slug":"man-fatally-strikes-pedestrian-he-later-claimed-was-a-republican-extremist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=130976","title":{"rendered":"Man fatally strikes pedestrian he later claimed was a Republican extremist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shannon Brandt, 41, admitted to hitting Cayler Ellingson, 18, with his vehicle after an argument. He claimed that the victim called people and he felt that the victim was going to have these people come after him. He also felt that the victim was a part of a “Republican extremist group”.\u00a0 Cayler Ellingson’s mom said that she received a call from her son informing her that he was being chased. That appeared to be the last call that she received from him.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Shannon Brandt, 41, spent just days in a Stutsman County Jail on criminal charges related to the death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson before he posted his $50,000 and was released, according to county jail records. Brandt\u2019s listed attorney could not be reached by phone and did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s email inquiry.<\/p>\n

Brandt, a Glenfield resident, was arrested in the early morning hours of Sunday after he told the state first responders\u2019 radio that “he struck the pedestrian because the pedestrian was threatening him,” according to a probable-cause affidavit provided to Fox News Digital on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

“Brandt stated that the pedestrian called some people and Brandt was afraid they were coming to get him,” the document continues. “Brandt admitted to State Radio that he hit the pedestrian and that the pedestrian was part of a Republican extremist group.”<\/p>\n

North Dakota Highway Patrol reported on Sunday that there was a “street dance” on Jones Street near Hohneck Street in McHenry when Brandt struck Ellingson and then fled the scene.<\/p>\n

Ellingson was rushed to a local hospital with serious injuries, but could not be saved.<\/p>\n

Brandt\u2019s and Ellingson\u2019s families both showed up at the scene shortly after police arrived, court records show.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has the rest of the story, and portions of the probable cause affidavit related to Shannon Brandt’s arrest, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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