Prosecutors in King County have charged a warehouse employee with second-degree murder, alleging he used his car as a weapon to kill a colleague who had hugged a woman the defendant was fixated on. The victim, 20-year-old Jonathon Langdon, died July 31, 2026, in Issaquah, Wash., after being thrown from his motorcycle when Tyler Sorensen, 22, allegedly drove into him at high speed.
Sorensen entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment Aug. 6. Bail was set at $2 million, with the judge ordering Sorensen to stay away from Langdon’s relatives, the woman at the center of the alleged jealousy, and all witnesses to the fatal collision.
Obsession Over a Female Colleague
The deadly chain of events began when Sorensen saw Langdon embrace a female Costco worker he claimed was his ex-girlfriend, court filings state. The woman denied that characterization to detectives, saying the two had never been romantically involved and that she had repeatedly told Sorensen he was overstepping her boundaries.
Sorensen photographed the hug and texted the image to friends, along with a message saying the coworker had always insisted Langdon was only a friend. Texting with the same friend in that conversation, he allegedly described his rage as making his blood boil.
According to prosecutors, Sorensen nearly hit both Langdon and the woman while still in the Costco parking lot that evening. He then waited roughly 10 minutes before following Langdon onto the road — a pause that authorities say shows premeditation rather than a split-second loss of control.
Violent Collision Captured on Video
Around 9 p.m. local time, Sorensen trailed Langdon out of the lot, crossed multiple lanes and drove his sedan directly into the motorcycle, sending the rider into the air, according to the Issaquah Police Department (IPD). Surveillance cameras recorded the impact and its aftermath in graphic detail.
Court documents describe footage showing Langdon, who was wearing a helmet, colliding violently with a metal signpost. His body wrapped around the sign before springing back and landing face down on the pavement. Emergency responders were unable to save him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shortly after the crash, Sorensen sent another text to friends: “I f—ed up bad.”
Confession and Flight
Sorensen fled immediately after striking Langdon, driving home and stopping only to examine the damage to his own car, prosecutors allege. He was pulled over and ticketed for speeding shortly afterward — an ordinary citation issued to someone authorities say had just fled the scene of a fatal hit-and-run.
Sorensen returned to the crash site about an hour later, but only after his father learned what had occurred and brought him back to turn himself in, prosecutors say. That surrender led to his arrest and the murder charge filed by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
In an interview with detectives, Sorensen admitted he deliberately rammed the motorcycle in a fit of rage, the IPD said. His statements were contradictory at times. “It was stupid but I, I was, I meant to do it,” he told investigators. He also claimed he “didn’t mean to hit” Langdon and only wanted to “spook him,” ABC News reported.
Sorensen remains jailed in King County. His next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 27. It remains unclear whether he has secured legal representation. The surveillance video showing the sedan ramming into Langdon’s motorcycle and knocking the rider from the bike, resulting in his death, is expected to be a cornerstone of the prosecution’s case, the IPD said.
For Langdon, an ordinary evening shift ended in death over what authorities describe as a coworker’s jealous fury.
