PORT ANGELES — A 19-year-old Port Angeles man accused of leading authorities on a 120 mph car chase in two counties faces criminal charges today.
Kylor Thomas Mackey allegedly shot at a residence during a domestic violence dispute before leading State Patrol troopers on a high-speed chase on U.S. Highway 101, Old Gardiner Road and Palo Alto Road in east Clallam and Jefferson counties early Tuesday morning.
Mackey was booked into the Clallam County jail at 3:38 a.m. Tuesday for investigation of felony eluding a police vehicle, fourth-degree assault-domestic violence and third-degree malicious mischief-domestic violence. His bail was set at $5,000.
He was not listed on the jail roster Wednesday afternoon.
Formal charges are expected to be filed in Clallam County Superior Court at 3 p.m. today.
Report late Monday
Clallam County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 11:50 p.m. Monday to a report of a domestic violence assault and malicious mischief at 363 John Jacobs Road east of Port Angeles.
Two residents told investigators that Mackey had broken a garage window and pushed a woman described as Mackey’s live-in girlfriend.
Mackey allegedly shot at the residence and fled with the woman in a dark-colored Scion, according to the certification for probable cause filed in court documents.
Mackey later told the State Patrol that he made his girlfriend get in the car and that she was scared, court papers said.
Deputies were told at the residence that Mackey threatened to slap his girlfriend and that her brother intervened.
The brother told authorities that Mackey smashed a car with a post hole digger, retrieved a shotgun from his room, threatened the brother and fired a shot in the air toward the house, court papers said.
Mackey had reportedly been drinking vodka before the incident, according to witnesses.
Shotgun blast
Deputies found a hole in the house from a shotgun blast, court papers said.
A chandelier inside the residence was broken by shotgun pellets that came through the wall, the homeowner told investigators.
Meanwhile, a State Patrol trooper clocked Mackey at 75 mph as he drove east on U.S. Highway 101 with the woman near Schoolhouse Point Road southeast of Sequim.
“The defendant increased his speed from 75 mph to approximately 116 mph,” Trooper C.J. Daigle wrote in the arrest report.
Daigle activated his sirens as the vehicles reached speeds of 120 mph, according to Daigle.
Mackey made an abrupt left turn onto Old Gardiner Road in Jefferson County before turning back onto the highway in the westbound direction, Daigle wrote.
Mackey used both lanes and reached speeds in excess of 120 mph, Daigle wrote.
Another trooper joined the pursuit at the Clallam-Jefferson County line before Mackey turned left onto Palo Alto Road.
“We drove for miles up into the mountains on forest service roads reaching speeds of 50-plus mph on gravel roads,” said Daigle, who maintained a 20- to 120-yard distance during the pursuit.
“I observed the defendant veer off the road to the right while negotiating a left curve. The vehicle struck a ditch and dirt embankment and came to a sudden stop.”
Mackey surrendered and provided a breath sample showing a blood-alcohol level of 0.126 percent at 12:57 a.m., investigators said.
A .12-gauge shotgun was found in the back of the vehicle, they said.
Subsequent blood-alcohol tests taken at the jail showed readings of 0.074 percent and 0.073 at 3:19 a.m., court papers said.
The legal driving limit in Washington state is 0.08 percent.
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