Police are seeking a 44-year-old Olney man whom they say left a deaf and nonverbal man to die after striking him with his SUV Wednesday night.
Neighbors along the 3300 block of North 2nd Street in Philadelphia this week mourned Roberto Oquendo Velez, who police say was struck after 11 p.m. March 3 while crossing at Ontario Street.
Police now believe they have identified the driver of the SUV as Edward Prince, of the 4800 block of North 5th Street. Prince also uses the name Jamil Smith, a police spokeswoman says.
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Investigators say a dark blue SUV, likely a 2001-2005 GMC Yukon or Envoy struck Oquendo. The vehicle now has a broken right front headlight, and would have damage to the right-front fender.
"Please give yourself up," sister Brunilda Rodriguez pleaded earlier this week. "You killed a human being, he's mute and deaf. And my mom is suffering from this, we're all suffering. We've lost a human being, our brother."
Prince is wanted on charges of vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter and other charges.
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