Crime & Safety

Police Seize SUV in Connection with Shoreline Bicyclist's Death

Seattle Police have seized and searched a Suburban in Port Orchard; it is being investigated in connection with the hit-and-run death of bicyclist Michael Wang.

The Seattle PI reported that Seattle Police have seized and searched an SUV in Port Orchard that could have been involved in the hit-and-run death of Shoreline resident Michael Wang on July 28.

Wang, a Shoreline man who worked in facilities and as a photographer for PATH, a Seattle-based international global health nonprofit, in a bike lane near the organization’s office.

The SUV left the scene of the accident after hitting the 44-year-old Wang about 3:44 p.m. near Dexter Avenue North and North Thomas Street.

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Wang was transported to Harborview Medical Center with major injuries and died at the hospital.

According to the PI story, a woman called police on Aug. 4 to report that her neighbor had made statements indicating a friend had hit the man. The woman who made those statements drives a Suburban, and police got a search warrant for the woman's apartment and the vehicle, which was taken to the department's long-term storage facility for processing.

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