The North Dakota man accused of killing a teenager with his car following a “political argument” said he didn’t understand the charges against him during a recent court appearance. 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 bond and was released, according to county jail records. He is charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident.

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