Man arrested in alleged hit-and-run death on Mother’s Day. Victim ID’d by coroner
A bicyclist, who was killed in an alleged hit-and-run on May 11, was identified by the Fresno County Coroner’s Office on Friday afternoon.
The victim is Luis Perez, 39, of Fresno.
Officers responded to the crash just before 6 p.m. at Belmont Avenue and Thesta Street and found Perez lying in the roadway with serious injuries, police said.
Perez was taken to Community Regional Medical Center where he died.
Williams said a black sedan fled the area after the collision. Police were able to locate the suspect on Wednesday, who is identified as 44-year-old Luis Jimenez Ortiz of Fresno.
The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges against Ortiz, who has a prior DUI conviction from 2002 in San Joaquin County and is currently facing pending charges in Merced County for a 2022 incident involving driving under the influence of drugs.
If convicted on all charges, Ortiz faces a maximum sentence of four years and six months, plus 15 years to life in state prison.
