Sheriff’s office identifies Wichita man killed after reportedly fleeing on motorcycle

A 37-year-old Wichita man died after fleeing from officers on a motorcycle on Friday and crashing in the Oaklawn area, according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office.

Timothy A. Tatum was pronounced dead roughly 8 minutes after the chase started, Lt. Benjamin Blick said in a news release.

At 2:30 a.m. Friday, a deputy tried to stop the rider of a Honda Shadow for a registration violation near 47th South and Broadview, Blick said. The deputy turned on his lights and sirens and the rider took off, he said.

He said the rider hit a raised median at 47th South and Oliver, which is less than a half-mile from where the chase started. The chase lasted roughly 25 seconds, he said.

“He was found a distance from the motorcycle,” he said. “The rider ... sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collision.”

This story was originally published March 5, 2021 at 11:30 AM.