King County helicopter captures moment murder suspect crashes truck during pursuit

KENT, Wash. — A man who was wanted for murder charges in Spokane fled, crashed, and was arrested by police in Kent.

Video from the King County Sheriff’s Office Guardian 1 helicopter shows the pursuit, which started near South 248th Street and 132nd Ave SE when authorities attempted to stop 27-year-old Johnathan Jeffries Woodcock.

WATCH: FULL VIDEO OF PURSUIT AND ARREST

As police pursued Woodcock’s Dodge Ram pickup, an officer threw out spike strips in front of him near South 268th Street. The truck hit the spikes, then crashed while trying to make a turn onto SE Kent-Kangley Road…

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