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The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said Shockey is originally from Ephrata.
The driver of the vehicle, Augustine J. Avalos, 44, of Zillah, is in the Grant County Jail on suspicion of vehicular homicide.
An Ephrata police officer was responding to a suspicious person report in the 1200 block of Sunset Street S.E. about 2:30 a.m. when he reportedly saw the person jump into a vehicle, which then sped away to Dodson Road North.
With pursuing officers still well behind, Avalos reportedly lost control of the vehicle near the intersection of Road 12.8.
Another passenger in the vehicle, Bradley P. Santoyo, 25, of Grandview, was not injured.
Sheriff Tom Jones released the information following a pursuit by Deputies and Ephrata Police.
VIDEO from Grant County Deputy further down in story.
Around 2AM near the Swanson Addition in Ephrata, an officer on patrol observed some suspicious persons, one of them standing near a vehicle. They then ran to a waiting car, jumped in inside and sped off down Dodson Road. After a short high speed chase, with the patrol car s lights running, the driver lost control near Road 12.8 NW and rolled into a field. The speed with which the suspect vehicle sped off gave them a large lead over the officer before he could catch up.
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