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One person died and another was hospitalized after a motorcycle crash in Lakewood Tuesday afternoon.

The crash followed a Burien pursuit involving a motorcycle believed stolen and linked to domestic violence threats with a firearm.

Deputies had backed off before the crash; the Lakewood Police Department is now investigating.

LAKEWOOD, Wash. - One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a motorcycle crash in Lakewood Tuesday afternoon.

According to the King County Sheriff's Office, the incident began as a pursuit in Burien that ended near the Dairy Queen along South Tacoma Way in Lakewood.

Authorities say the pursuit was initiated because the suspect was riding a motorcycle believed to be stolen and was also wanted in connection with domestic violence threa

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