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WINNETKA (CNS) - Authorities today identified a pedestrian killed in Winnetka by an alleged hit-and-run driver.
Michael Kigozi, 42, of North Hills, was struck about 9:35 p.m. Saturday in the 7600 block of North Winnetka Avenue and died at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office and the Los Angeles Police Department.
Police said Gevorg George Gevorgyan, 30, was driving northbound on Winnetka when he struck the pedestrian, who was walking in the roadway, police said. Police said he stopped the vehicle momentarily after the crash before fleeing the scene -- then later returned to the location, where he was arrested.