A 25-year-old Lake Forest man was charged Tuesday with a hit-and-run collision that killed a pedestrian in Irvine.
Felix Gerardo Murillo was charged with felony hit-and-run with permanent and serious injury.
The collision was reported at 8:55 p.m. last Wednesday at Alton Parkway and Irvine Center Drive, where the victim was walking north in a marked crosswalk when he was hit by a westbound vehicle, according to the Irvine Police Department.
The pedestrian was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead. He was identified as 63-year-old Steven Craig Cox of Las Vegas, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
After Irvine police appealed to the public for help finding a suspect, a tip came in that led investigators to Murillo. A resident reported a black Ford SUV with front-end damage parked near Barranca Parkway and state Route 133, police said.
Murillo was arrested Friday afternoon.