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Shannon Brandt faces up to life in prison for the death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson.

Shannon Brandt is being charged with murder after allegedly killing Cayler Ellingson, 18, on Sept. 18 after a street dance at a local bar in McHenry, North Dakota.

Shannon Brandt, 41, allegedly mowed down 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson on September 18 over a political dispute. Brandt accused Ellingson of being part of a Republican extremist group, so he decided

The North Dakota man who admitted to striking a teenager with his car has been charged with murder ...

The charges against a North Dakota man who allegedly hit a "Republican extremist" teenager with his car, resulting in his death, have been upgraded from vehicular homicide to murder.

Shannon Brandt faces up to life in prison for the death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson.

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Shannon Brandt faces up to life in prison for the death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson.

North Dakota's attorney general is condemning the violent death of an 18-year-old allegedly struck by a man who said he drove his SUV into the victim after a political argument. Attorney General Drew Wrigley also offered to help a county attorney prosecute the case. According to a probable cause affidavit, Shannon Brandt told a 911 dispatcher that he struck Cayler Ellingson early Sunday because the teenager was threatening him, and that the teen was part of a “Republican extremist group.�...

The investigation is ongoing.