Friday, Nov. 27, 2020 | 7:35 p.m.
A hit-and-run suspect who himself was struck by a vehicle as he fled Metro Police custody on foot earlier this month died on Thursday, officials said.
Metro said on Friday that the man perished at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and that its Force Investigation Team, which also probes in-custody deaths, was involved in the subsequent investigation.
On the morning of Nov. 16, Metro officers responded to a hit-and-run crash near Spring Mountain Road and Valley View Boulevard, police said.
Officers received information that a vehicle matching the one the suspect fled in was spotted nearby and pulled it over.
While the officers were talking to the man, he slipped out of handcuffs and took off running, police said. He jumped over the Desert Inn Super Arterial and was “immediately struck” by a vehicle heading west on the road, police said.
He was hospitalized in serious condition. His name and cause and manner of death will be released by the Clark County Coroner’s Office.
