Police seek suspect in hit-and-run that killed baseball fan visiting L.A. for Dodgers game - BERITAJA

A devoted uncle came from Chicago to sojourn family successful Los Angeles and spot the boys successful bluish play the Cubs past month, but his travel was trim short by a tragic accident.

Jose Melesio, 65, was killed successful a hit-and-run incident about 3:10 a.m. connected April 27, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A metallic four-door sedan was walking northbound connected Figueroa Street adjacent 75th Street erstwhile it collapsed into Melesio, past continued driving north, constabulary said.

Paramedics pronounced him dormant astatine the scene. Under California law, drivers progressive successful a collision resulting successful wounded aliases decease are required to extremity arsenic soon arsenic it is safe to do so, notify emergency services and stay astatine the segment to place themselves.

Now detectives are offering a $50,000 reward for accusation that leads to an arrest.

“Jose had been visiting family successful Los Angeles, wherever he was besides looking guardant to watching the Chicago Cubs play the Los Angeles Dodgers,” his family said successful a connection connected a GoFundMe page for his ceremonial expenses. “Having grown up successful the suburbs of Chicago, he built lifelong friendships and was ever coming astatine family gatherings, bringing warmth and joyousness to those about him.”

His family said they were heartbroken by the nonaccomplishment and described him arsenic a loving “uncle, cousin, brother-in-law, and friend to truthful many.”

Police are asking car repair shops to interaction detectives if anyone precocious brought successful a sedan matching the explanation of the suspect’s vehicle.

L.A. Police Det. Ryan Moreno said astatine a Thursday greeting news convention that specifications connected the fishy are presently constricted arsenic the section has yet to get a video aliases photograph of the driver.

Moreno said that erstwhile the car struck Melesio “it sent him flying forward, launched him airborne.” Of the 29 postulation deaths recorded successful South L.A. truthful acold this year, Moreno said, 15 progressive hit-and-runs, according to reporting from KTLA News.

Anyone pinch accusation about the incident is asked to interaction Officer Hurd of the South Traffic Division astatine (213) 321-9681. Anonymous tips could beryllium near astatine (800) 222-8477 aliases the L.A. Crime Stoppers website.