Washington Costco employee accused of killing colleague

A 22-year-old Costco worker obsessed together with his feminine coworker allegedly snapped and murdered a colleague after seeing the pair hug within the retailer’s car parking zone.

Tyler Martin Sorensen of Renton, Washington had a possessive “if I can’t have her, nobody can” angle when it got here to coworker Samantha Peterson, who he allegedly known as his “ex-girlfriend,” in accordance with prosecutors.

Sorensen, 22, flew right into a jealous rage on July 31 when he witnessed Peterson and one other coworker, Jonathon Langdon, hugging within the Costco Headquarters car parking zone in North Issaquah, Washington, a charging doc mentioned. 

Sorensen revved his engine and tore via the car parking zone, narrowly lacking the couple.

“At all times informed me he was only a buddy. My blood is boiling,” Sorensen texted to associates together with a photograph of Peterson and Langdon, courtroom paperwork revealed.

Sorensen then waited one other 10 minutes for Langdon to depart the car parking zone on his motorbike, trailing him in his sedan at a excessive price of pace, prosecutors mentioned.

At one level, Sorensen allegedly swerved into the again of Langdon’s motorbike, launching the 20-year-old right into a roadside signal. Langdon died on the scene a short while later, prosecutors mentioned.

As a substitute of calling 911 or checking on the gravely injured rider, Sorensen allegedly saved driving, stopping solely to examine the injury to his car to ensure it was nonetheless drivable, in accordance with investigators.

As he headed residence, Sorensen was pulled over and ticketed for rushing by a Washington State Patrol trooper who was unaware the lethal hit-and-run had occurred simply miles away.

Authorities mentioned Sorensen returned to the crash scene solely after his father discovered concerning the incident and introduced him again to give up to police.

Following his arrest, Sorensen allegedly informed cops that “it was silly however I, I used to be, I meant to do it.” 

“She (Peterson) all the time insisted he (Langdon) was only a buddy. So I obtained fairly, I don’t know, panicked, riled up, simply adrenaline,” Sorensen mentioned after the incident.

Nevertheless, Peterson informed investigators that she and Sorensen by no means dated, including that she had repeatedly warned him he was “crossing boundaries” as a buddy and that she “wanted house.”

Elaine S. Lee, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Legal professional, King County, requested the courtroom that Sorensen be held on a $2 million bail. 

“The defendant refused to simply accept the boundaries set by Samantha Peterson, who wished nothing greater than friendship with the defendant… he believed if he couldn’t have Ms. Peterson, nobody might,” Lee mentioned. 

Sorensen is now going through three critical felony counts stemming from the deadly crash, anchored by a second-degree homicide cost.

Prosecutors have additionally charged him with second-degree assault with a lethal weapon for utilizing his automotive to deliberately strike or endanger the sufferer, alongside a depend of prison try for taking direct, intentional steps towards committing a violent offense. 

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