Overview
- Officers were called around 5:45 a.m. Friday to 43rd Avenue just north of McDowell Road, where a pedestrian was struck.
- Phoenix Fire crews pronounced the victim, a man, dead after responders found him with critical injuries.
- Witnesses reported a gray Jeep Cherokee hit the pedestrian, and a woman in her 40s briefly got out before driving away.
- Police closed 43rd Avenue in both directions from McDowell to Granada Road during the investigation.
- Investigators ask for tips to Silent Witness at 480-948-6377 or 480-837-8446, with a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.