A Costco worker fatally rammed his vehicle into a colleague’s motorcycle after witnessing the victim hug a woman he was fixated on, resulting in second-degree murder charges and a $2 million bail in King County.
Tyler Sorensen, 22, entered a not guilty plea on Aug. 6, 2026, during his arraignment, according to court documents. Authorities allege he deliberately crashed his car into Jonathon Langdon’s motorcycle on July 31, fatally striking the 20-year-old victim in what prosecutors characterize as a jealousy-fueled attack.
The judge ordered Sorensen held without contact privileges for Langdon’s relatives, the woman at the center of the dispute, or anyone who witnessed the collision. He remains in custody at the King County Jail with his next court appearance scheduled for Aug. 27.
Admissions to Detectives
During questioning, Sorensen acknowledged the crash was intentional, the Issaquah Police Department (IPD) said. His statements included conflicting accounts, with him telling investigators, “It was stupid but I, I was, I meant to do it.” He also claimed he “didn’t mean to hit” Langdon and only wanted to “spook him,” according to court documents.
Surveillance cameras captured the violent collision around 9 p.m. local time in Issaquah, Wash. Prosecutors describe footage showing Langdon being launched from his motorcycle after Sorensen swerved across traffic lanes and struck the bike. The impact sent the victim airborne into a metal signpost, with court filings detailing how his body wrapped around the pole before he fell to the pavement.
Emergency responders attempted lifesaving measures, but Langdon, who had been wearing a helmet, died at the scene, the IPD said.
A Hug That Set Off the Attack
The deadly encounter stemmed from Sorensen’s obsession with a female colleague, according to prosecutors. He allegedly pursued Langdon after seeing him embrace the woman. Sorensen told police she was his ex-girlfriend, a claim she denied entirely, telling detectives they had never been in a relationship and that she had repeatedly told him he was violating her boundaries.
Before leaving the Costco parking lot, Sorensen allegedly photographed the two hugging and texted it to friends, writing that the coworker had always insisted Langdon was just a friend. In the same messages, he allegedly wrote that he was enraged.
Shortly following the collision, Sorensen allegedly messaged friends again with the words “I f—ed up bad.”
Rather than acting impulsively, prosecutors contend Sorensen nearly hit both Langdon and the woman in the parking lot initially, then waited approximately 10 minutes before following the victim onto the road — behavior they argue demonstrates premeditation.
A Father’s Intervention and the Court Case
After the collision, Sorensen drove away from the scene and returned home, according to prosecutors. He stopped only to examine damage to his own car. In a striking detail, police pulled him over shortly afterward and issued him a speeding ticket — an ordinary traffic stop involving someone authorities say had just fled the scene where a fellow employee lay mortally wounded.
Rather than turning himself in voluntarily, Sorensen only returned to the scene approximately one hour later when his father discovered what had occurred and drove him back to turn himself in to police. This father-facilitated surrender began the criminal proceedings now underway in the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
The surveillance footage forms a critical part of the prosecution’s evidence. According to the IPD’s description of the video, it captured Sorensen’s vehicle hitting Langdon’s bike, causing the motorcyclist to be thrown and sustain injuries that proved fatal — visual documentation that authorities say confirms Sorensen’s own statements about acting deliberately.
No information is available regarding Sorensen’s legal counsel. As for Langdon, the young man had simply finished his work shift and gotten on his bike when a dispute in the parking lot — driven by what authorities call a coworker’s jealous rage — took his life at age 20.