New murder charge for North Dakota man who ran over teen
By AMY FORLITI
Associated Press
A North Dakota man who prosecutors say intentionally ran over an 18-year-old at a street dance has been charged with murder. Shannon Brandt was initially charged with criminal vehicular homicide in the Sept. 18 killing of Cayler Ellingson. But that charge has been dropped and prosecutors announced the upgraded charge against the 41-year-old on Friday. Brandt is also charged with leaving the scene of a crash. Brandt initially told authorities that there had been a political argument and that Ellingson was part of a “Republican extremist group.” But investigators say the case is not political. A man who knows the family has said Ellingson was not a political person.
