MI - Suspect kills himself after running over 80-year old Trump supporter in ATV allegedly in politically-motivated attack - July 23, 2024

[Clearsky]

Suspect, 22, who allegedly ran over Mich. Trump supporter, 80, with ATV kills himself: report

A Michigan man suspected of running down an 80-year-old with an ATV in a politically motivated attack has been found dead by apparent suicide, according to reports. The 22-year-old suspect was foun…

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A Michigan man suspected of running down an 80-year-old with an ATV in a politically motivated attack has been found dead by apparent suicide, according to reports.

 

[Trinitee]

How awful, that poor man.

 

[AugustWest]

Why would a 22 years-old person destroy their own life over political signs in someone else's yard?

We desperately need some tolerance and compassion in the world today. So senseless.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

One dead, one critically injured after Upper Peninsula attack on Trump supporter

A string of crimes that police said appeared to be motivated by political vitriol have put the small Upper Peninsula community on edge.

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A string of several crimes on Sunday that police said appeared to be motivated by political vitriol have put the small Upper Peninsula community of Hancock on edge.

In the space of about an hour on the afternoon of July 21, according to Hancock police, a 22-year-old man riding an all-terrain vehicle through town allegedly vandalized two cars and attacked an 80-year-old man putting up signs showing support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in his yard.

The man believed responsible for the attacks, whose name was not released Tuesday by authorities, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Houghton County Sheriff's Office.

The Hancock Police Department received a message Monday from someone at an address in Quincy Township north of Hancock saying he wanted to "confess a crime involving an ATV driver within the last 24 hours" and that the police department should send someone to pick him up, according to the Houghton County Sheriff's Office, which responded to the call along with local police.

The man was dead when officers arrived, according to sheriff in Houghton County in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula...

 

[tlcya]

the world has become unhinged. The rhetoric and hate has gotten so pronounced around political differences I fear for us all.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

ATV driver police say attacked Trump supporter in U.P. identified

The man, who died by suicide a day later, had no known contacts with law enforcement, police said Thursday.

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The man police in Hancock said was responsible for a series of politically motivated crimes last week and later died by suicide had no known contacts with law enforcement, according to the Police Department.

Chief Tami Sleeman identified the man Thursday as Joshua Kemppainen, 22, of Quincy Township. An update Thursday from police said Kemppaineen had "no prior known contacts with local law enforcement."

An 80-year-old man whom Kemppainen hit while on an all-terrain vehicle was released from the hospital Wednesday, according to the update...