Thursday, September 17, 2020

Campaign staffer, 17, for Ilhan Omar's Republican congressional opponent is shot and killed in Minneapolis


Campaign staffer, 17, for Ilhan Omar's Republican congressional opponent is shot and killed in Minneapolis

  • Andre Conley, 17, was shot dead outside a Minneapolis convenience store on Monday afternoon; another person was seriously wounded 
  • Both victims were members of Republican Lacy Johnson's outreach team 
  • Johnson, a businessman, is running to unseat Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar
  • Police arrested a suspect wanted in connection to the fatal shooting early Thursday after a high-speed chase  

A 17-year-old boy who had worked for a Republican congressional candidate running against Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar was shot and killed in an attack outside a gas station on Minneapolis’ north side.

A second person who also had worked for Republican Lacy Johnson was wounded in the shooting on Monday. 

Earlier this morning, police in Minneapolis arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting following a high-speed pursuit. He is now in custody but has yet to be named. 

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Campaign worker Andre Conley, 17, was shot dead outside a store in Minneapolis on Monday

Campaign worker Andre Conley, 17, was shot dead outside a store in Minneapolis on Monday

Lacey Johnson
Rep Ilhan Omar

Conley had worked for Lacey Johnson (left), a Republican businessman who is running to unseat Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar 

Both police and Johnson, a businessman who is seeking to unseat Omar in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District in November, said the attack did not appear to have anything to do with politics or the campaign.


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