Feb 21, 2022

Police say man crossing Omaha street fatally hit; 1 arrested

Posted Feb 21, 2022 3:27 PM
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From the Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police in Omaha say an arrest has been made a day after a man crossing a south Omaha street was hit by a car and killed.

Police said the crash happened before 1:30 a.m. Saturday in southeast Omaha between Highland and Spring Lake parks.

Police said the man, later identified as 43-year-old Tommy Tsosie, was crossing 24th Street when he was hit by a southbound vehicle, which fled without stopping.

Tsosie was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.

On Sunday, police arrested 20-year-old Santiago Paiz-Bautista, of Omaha, on suspicion of leaving the scene of a fatal crash.