Costco worker charged with murder after admitting he ran colleague off the road in jealous rage: Police

A Washington Costco employee has been charged with murder after prosecutors said he confessed to ramming a motorcycle-riding coworker off the road, causing a fatal crash.

The incident occurred after the suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Martin Sorensen, saw the victim hugging a colleague that police alleged he had an "obsession" with, authorities said.

Sorensen allegedly admitted to sideswiping 20-year-old Jonathan Langdon's motorcycle while in a jealous rage, according to court records.

"It was stupid but I, I was, I meant to do it," Sorensen allegedly told police in Issaquah, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, according to a criminal complaint filed in King County Superior Court.

At the time of the crash, Sorensen allegedly told police his "blood was boiling" over seeing Langton hugging a colleague whom he told police was an "ex-girlfriend" who jilted him.

Sorenson was charged with second-degree murder and is being held in jail on $2 million bail, according to court records. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The fatal incident unfolded on July 31 near a Costco warehouse in Issaquah, where Sorenson and Langdon worked, according to the court records.

The deadly incident was captured on a Costco security video camera, which was turned over to police and reviewed, according to the court papers.

The video, according to the criminal complaint, showed Langdon leaving the Costco parking lot when a gray sedan approached Langdon from behind at a high rate of speed and collided with the victim's motorcycle.

Langdon was ejected from his bike, sending him airborne into a metal signpost, "causing his body to wrap around the post and recoil backwards, landing face down," according to the complaint.

Langdon, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a statement.

The driver of the gray sedan fled the scene, the complaint alleges.

About an hour after the crash, Sorensen returned to the crash site with his father, who informed officers that his son was involved in the incident, according to the criminal complaint.

After being read his Miranda rights, Sorensen allegedly confessed to running Langdon off the road, telling officers that he was going about 40 mph when his car hit the victim, the complaint says.

"I didn't mean to hit him. It was like, I don't know, spook him, I guess; it's stupid," Sorensen told police when asked what he thought was going to happen when he allegedly drove into Langdon, according to the complaint.

Sorensen told police his "blood was boiling" when he saw Langdon and their female colleague embracing in the parking lot and that he texted three other coworkers in an attempt to help him calm down, the complaint alleges.

In a recorded interview with police, Sorensen claimed he was in a brief dating relationship with the woman. But the woman told police she never dated Sorensen, and had repeatedly told him that she "needed space" and accused him of "crossing boundaries" as a friend, according to the complaint.

She told police that as she and Langdon were hugging in the parking lot, Sorensen drove by them and "swerved past us" at a high rate of speed, almost hitting them, the complaint alleges. Police said surveillance video corroborated the woman's statement, according to the complaint.

Sorensen allegedly told police he watched Langdon leave the parking lot and started tailing him, according to the complaint. He claimed he slammed on his brakes when the victim's motorcycle suddenly slowed down, but could not avoid striking Langdon, according to the complaint.

It was unclear on Tuesday if Sorensen has hired an attorney.

"You have so many lives that have been impacted by this, and all the collateral damage that's left behind," Issaquah police Chief Steve Mylett told ABC affiliate station KOMO in Seattle. "I'm still trying to get my arms around the why."