Man Admits to Running Down and Killing a 'Republican' Teen Over a Political Dispute
"A North Dakota man is accused of intentionally running over and killing an 18-year-old over a political dispute early Sunday.
Just prior to the hit-and-run attack, the teen had frantically telephoned his mother to say someone was chasing him.
Shannon Brandt, 41, called 911 around 2:35 a.m. to report that he had hit a pedestrian with his vehicle in an alleyway in McHenry, N.D, according to KVLY-TV. He allegedly told the dispatcher he chased down the teen because he “was part of a Republican extremist group and that he was afraid they were ‘coming to get him,'” according to the news outlet."
Just prior to the hit-and-run attack, the teen had frantically telephoned his mother to say someone was chasing him.
Shannon Brandt, 41, called 911 around 2:35 a.m. to report that he had hit a pedestrian with his vehicle in an alleyway in McHenry, N.D, according to KVLY-TV. He allegedly told the dispatcher he chased down the teen because he “was part of a Republican extremist group and that he was afraid they were ‘coming to get him,'” according to the news outlet."