Man sentenced for 2023 deadly motorcycle crash involving Fort Leavenworth officer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 39-year-old Leavenworth man has been sentenced for a 2023 motorcycle crash that killed a Fort Leavenworth Army officer.

A Leavenworth County judge on Friday sentenced Tyler E. Johnson to 4 years and 3 months in prison.

Johnson pleaded guilty in October to involuntary manslaughter.

Leavenworth police officers responded to the crash on Oct. 23, 2023, on Kansas Highway 5, near Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Police say Captain Alex W. Northrup, 29, of Kansas City, was hit by a car when he was on his way to work. He died three days later at the hospital.

During the investigation, police determined that Johnson was attempted to pass another vehicle in a no-passing zone. While attempting to pass, Johnson’s vehicle collided with a motorcycle being driven by Northrup.