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Igor Derysh

Alleged killer had Whitmer on "hit list"

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A reported militia member accused of killing a retired Wisconsin judge was found with a "hit list" containing the names of 13 people, including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, officials say.

SWAT officers found former Juneau County Judge John Roemer, 68, zip-tied to a chair and fatally shot in his home in New Lisbon on Friday, law enforcement officials told WISN-TV. The state's Justice Department said officers found 56-year-old Douglas Uhde in the basement with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and took him to a hospital in critical condition. Local news outlets reported that Uhde was a member of an unidentified militia group. Uhde has an extensive criminal history dating back 20 years, including a conviction for armed burglary and gun charges that at one point came before Roemer, according to CNN.

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