Motorcyclist struck by carjacker dies
STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 3 months AGO
The motorcyclist hit by a carjacker at Stateline amid a Sunday morning crime spree has died from his injures, according to multiple media outlets.
Richard Embree was hospitalized with serious injuries after 43-year-old Ryan Tietsort hit him with a stolen car, according to police.
KREM 2 reported that Embree died Wednesday due to cardiac arrest.
During Tietsort's crime spree, authorities said he stole multiple vehicles, struck Embree and fatally shot Gary Hill, who intervened in one of the carjackings.
A Spokane County sheriff’s deputy later shot and killed Tietsort.
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