LAKEWOOD, Wash. — A motorcyclist who crashed into the ‘Welcome to Lakewood’ sign during a chase with King County deputies has died from their injuries.
According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, around 3 p.m., deputies began chasing a person on a motorcycle that was believed to have been stolen in Burien.
The motorcyclist was supposedly wanted for domestic violence and making threats with a gun.
King County deputies chased the motorcyclist into Lakewood, where the crash ended at the Welcome to Lakewood sign, just north of S Tacoma Way.
The person driving the motorcycle died, and his passenger was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
This is a developing story.
KIRO 7 has a crew en route to the scene.
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