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Hit-and-run kills victim on Detroit's east side
The driver struck and killed a man in the area of Dickerson Avenue and Frankfort Street just before 10 p.m. Tuesday night.
FOX 2 - A fatal hit-and-run suspect turned himself into Detroit police in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
The backstory:
The driver struck and killed the man in the area of Dickerson Avenue and Frankfort Street just before 10 p.m. Tuesday night.
The victim was a Detroit man in his 60s. The family identified him as Brian Dawson who his family said was a father to three boys and had three grandchildren.
"What our city experienced tonight was a tragedy," said Jalon Nelson, public information officer, Detroit police. "There is a family now grieving."
The family told FOX 2 it isn't the first time it has experienced tragedy, saying that Dawson's mother died after being hit by a car while on the sidewalk.
According to the victim's family, Ring doorbell footage showed the victim thrown 30 feet after being struck.
The Source: Information for this report is from Detroit police and the family of the victim.