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Authorities Investigating Potential Link Between Trans New Hampshire Border Patrol Shooter and Vermont Cult Shooting
By Kamden Mulder
February 26, 2026 10:21 AM
The authorities are investigating potential links between the trans-identifying suspect who shot at a New Hampshire Border Patrol agent over the weekend and the attack on Border Patrol agents in Vermont that was carried out last year by members of the transgender Zizian cult.
Blu Zeke Daly, 26, was charged with one count of attempted murder of a federal officer and one count of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon after opening fire on a Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop near the Canadian border.
The location of the shooting prompted authorities to investigate whether there may be a connection to the Zizians, a cult of transgender and non-binary-identifying vegan anarchists, which the Vermont shooter, another trans-identified male, was associated with.
“When you have something happen which targets a Border Patrol agent in that area, it would be a reasonable line of investigative inquiry to determine whether there is any connection to a broader network or group, because that does appear to exist, the allegations that did exist in the murder investigation involving the Border Patrol agent,” U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan said.
“It was incredibly close, and we are very, very lucky that there was not an event like the one that happened in Vermont, that we are sitting here today with a Border Patrol agent that is unharmed,” Creegan said. “That is a miracle.”
Daly, who previously went by the name Cullan Zeke Daly, identified as male on a previous Massachusetts driver’s license but identifies as female on his current New Hampshire license.
“This individual did have a previous Massachusetts driver’s license that was denominated to be male and now has a New Hampshire driver’s license, which is denominated to be female,” Creegan said. “So, it’s a reasonable assumption that the person has decided to transition their gender.”
Court documents obtained by local New Hampshire outlet WMUR reveal that in 2024, Daly was granted a name change, citing nonbinary identification as the reason for the switch.
A Border Patrol agent found Daly driving around in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, near the Canadian border. The agent asked if Daly had more than one name, at which time Daly drove away. The agent followed, at a distance, until the pair stopped at the Pittsburg Port of Entry, shortly after midnight.
The agent turned on his emergency lights, at which point Daly turned and allegedly opened fire with a shotgun. The officer returned fire, striking Daly and causing unknown injuries.
Authorities are still trying to determine the suspect’s motive for the shooting.
“We’re still investigating everything about this individual, including potential motivation and what could have prompted them to be in the border area at that time of night, and what would have caused them to fire at a Border Patrol agent executing routine duties,” Creegan said.
In January of last year, Felix Bauckholt, 26, died in a shootout with Border Patrol after being pulled over near the Vermont-Canada border. A woman who was riding in a vehicle driven by Bauckholt opened fire on the agent and Bauckholt was fatally shot after drawing a gun. One Border Patrol agent was also killed in the shootout.
Originally from Germany, Bauckholt became a successful financial trader in New York City after graduating from a university in Canada but was drawn into the Zizian cult through online associations. The cult — founded by an Alaskan man named Jack Amadeus LaSota, who goes by Ziz and identifies as a woman — has been linked to six killings and one attempted murder.
Creegan did not officially confirm any connection between the weekend’s incident and the group, saying investigators still need more evidence to say definitively.
If convicted, Daly is facing up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the attempted murder of a federal officer and up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the assault of a federal officer with a deadly weapon.
The FBI has taken over the investigation of this case.
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