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Suspect Arrested In Deadly Downtown Sacramento Hit-And-Run

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Detectives have arrested the driver suspected in a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian dead in Downtown Sacramento last week.

Sacramento police say - just after noon on Aug. 13 - a pickup truck ran a red light, then struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk at the intersection of 4th and I streets.

The pedestrian was left with fatal injuries. The driver took off before officers arrived.

Surveillance footage captured the pickup truck on video, helping detectives eventually identify 22-year-old Jordan Ware was the suspect. On Wednesday, detectives announced Ware had been arrested.

Warae is now facing charges of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run. He has been booked into Sacramento County Jail.

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