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7/26/2024

  • Writer: Steve Peterson
    Steve Peterson
  • Jul 26, 2024
  • 1 min read

HANCOCK - The now-dead suspect involved in Hancock’s politically motivated crimes over the weekend has been named. Police say 22-year-old Joshua Kemppainen rode an ATV into downtown Hancock, vandalized two vehicles one had a Donald Trump Support sticker, and the other, a sticker supporting law enforcement then tore Donald Trump support signs from the yard of an 80-year-old man on Anthony Street.  When the man went to replace the signs, police say Kemppainen ran the man over with the ATV.  The Victim is now home recovering from his injuries.   On Monday, Hancock police received a call from Kemppainen saying he wished to confess to the crimes. When the police arrived, they found Kemppainen dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

 
 
 

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