One Kittitas County Sheriffs deputy is dead, a City of Kittitas officer was wounded, and a suspect has also died in what investigators say started out as a traffic stop.

The driver of the car refused to stop for a deputy at around 8 P-M… leading to a chase through Kittitas before the vehicle stopped… the driver got out… and exchanged gunfire with deputies and Kittitas Police.

The deputy died at the Kittitas Valley Hospital… the suspect died a short time later. The officer was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The Ellensberg PD is leading the investigation.

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