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Name Not Disclosed

Case # :1173

Gender : Male

Age :

Race : Unknown

Date : 02/29/2024

Location : South 128th Street and 22nd Avenue South

City : Burien

County : King

State : Washington

Agency : King County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Third party bystander killed by police “following” a vehicle into fleeing

Disposition : No Known charges

Open records summary :

Police tracked a man in a vehicle who had stolen his girlfriend’s dogs until he crashed while fleeing, killing a bystander and gravely injuring a child. Police claim they were only following, not chasing the vehicle. Washington State has had some controversy surrounding police chases and such linguistic parsing after a police-involved traffic fatality is common.

Source links :

https://mynorthwest.com/3952891/deputies-did-not-pursue-burien-hit-and-run-suspect-before-fatal-crash/