John Beers-Ferguson, 36, of Bonney Lake, Washington, was killed on September 15, 2024, after a violent pursuit in Pierce County that began with a suspected trailer theft and turned into a moving gun battle. Deputies were called early that morning for reports of gunfire and a crash near Rhodes Lake Road East and Falling Water Boulevard East. Beers-Ferguson was found inside a white pickup with catastrophic injuries, later pronounced dead at a hospital; the Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the torso.

Investigators say the white pickup was believed to have been stealing a trailer from the Prairie Ridge area when the trailer owner pursued it. The chase reportedly featured vehicles ramming each other while shots were fired during the pursuit and again at the final crash site. Another man was found dead at the scene near the pickup. Deputies reported that two people ran from the vehicles; a woman found nearby was not being treated as a suspect, a possible male suspect was located and someone was taken into custody and transported to the hospital with injuries, and officers warned a driver believed to have fled could be armed. Anyone with information about the chase, the people involved, or the white pickup is asked to come forward.