Former resident connected to Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot

Eric Mark-Matthew Allport, 43, Former Boundary County resident, was involved in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer; when federal agents attempted to serve Allport a warrant for his arrest.

The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. Friday outside a Texas Roadhouse in Madison Heights as agents were trying to arrest the Allport on federal weapons charges, according to the Detroit FBI office.

A recent plot to kidnap Whitmer was discovered and led to the arrest of six men and charged in federal court with conspiring to kidnap the governor in retaliation for what they viewed as her unchecked power and then take her to Wisconsin for a “trial,” according to a criminal complaint.

It’s unclear whether the federal investigation was focused on Allport or additional targets of the investigation.

Allport was born in Michigan but spent his teenage years in Boundary County near Ruby Ridge; at 17, he was convicted of aggravated robbery and later moved to Fort Collins, Colo.

Allport was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property, concealed weapons, and aggravated assault and sentenced in 2003 to 25 years in Colorado’s state prison; he was released on parole in 2014.

The Boogaloo movement has hailed Allport as a martyr for their cause and has claimed Allport as a member.

Mike Dunn, a self-described Boogaloo Boy from Virginia, posted a video Monday about Allport.

“Well, the feds have done it again, this time killing Eric Mark-Matthew Allport," Dunn said. “As far as I know, he was a Boogaloo Boy. He embodied our ideology, our beliefs. He lived with liberty on his mind and they killed him.”

Further reports from federal agencies are currently being held up due to the ongoing investigation being conducted.