Burien woman killed in Tacoma hit-and-run after an argument over gas money
Mon, 12/19/2011
KOMO News reports a woman is in jail for investigation of first-degree murder after allegedly running over her friend in the aftermath of an argument over gas money in Tacoma on Dec. 16.
According to the report, the victim was identified as 45-year-old Michelle Johnson of Burien and her friend, 33-year-old Denise Larkins, turned herself in to police shortly after the incident.
Witnesses speaking to KOMO reporters described watching the argument escalate to where Johnson punched Larkins in the face and then walked away. Larkins then allegedly got into her SUV, waited for Johnson to step off the curb and ran her over.
"Whoever's driving the SUV hits the gas, cranks the wheel hard left, and I watch this lady get hit," a witness told KOMO.