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Inset: Raul Herrera (Milwaukee County Jail). Background: The Mustang Herrera was allegedly driving erstwhile helium killed a pedestrian connected May 10, 2025 (Milwaukee Police Department).
A 41-year-old antheral successful Wisconsin was said to beryllium driving “very fast” erstwhile helium allegedly struck and killed a 90-year-old pedestrian and past refused to stop, forcing his rider to leap from his moving conveyance to study the crash. Raul Herrera was taken into custody past week and charged with 1 number of felony hit-and-run resulting successful death, tribunal records show.
Authorities identified the unfortunate arsenic Roberto Deleon.
According to a transgression ailment obtained by Law&Crime, officers with the Milwaukee Police Department astatine astir 9:41 p.m. connected May 10, 2025, responded to an country successful the 1000 artifact of South 35th Street aft receiving aggregate 911 calls reporting a pedestrian being struck by a speeding car.
One of the callers allegedly told the dispatcher that “the pedestrian’s caput was ‘cracked open.'” That caller besides said the operator had already fled the scene.
A 2nd caller phoned 911 a abbreviated portion aboriginal and allegedly said “she was successful the striking auto” erstwhile it deed the pedestrian, and claimed that “the operator of the striking car would not halt truthful she had to leap retired of the striking auto.”
When constabulary arrived astatine the scene, exigency aesculapian unit with the Milwaukee Fire Department were already attempting to execute lifesaving measures connected the Deleon. Unfortunately, their efforts were unsuccessful and helium was pronounced dormant connected the scene.
An autopsy determined that Deleon’s origin of decease was blunt unit injuries that were accordant with being struck by a vehicle, including caput lacerations, encephalon bleeding, and aggregate fractured ribs.
The witnesser who was allegedly successful the car with Herrera during the clang confirmed via photograph lineup that helium was driving.
The witnesser stated that anterior to the crash, she had been astatine location with the suspect and different antheral she lone knew arsenic “Chi Longo.” She said the 3 of them went to a Mexican edifice with Herrera driving a friend’s reddish 2002 Ford Mustang, a convertible with a tan top, earlier heading to a section barroom wherever they had meal and “a fewer drinks.” When they near astatine astir 8:45 p.m., she said Herrera continued to thrust and she sat successful the rider seat.
The trio stopped astatine a deli wherever they purchased vodka and brew earlier heading to a south-side car assemblage shop.
“NH stated that portion they were driving, the Defendant was driving ‘very fast’ and successful a reckless manner. When [the witness] brought up the mode the Defendant was driving, helium said ‘shut up b—,'” the ailment says. “[The witness] stated that she picked up her telephone and portion looking astatine her telephone she heard the Defendant outcry ‘OH S—!’ and past thing deed the windshield of the car. [The witness] stated that she knew the Defendant had deed a person.”
The witnesser told Herrera to “stop due to the fact that helium deed a person,” but helium refused and “appeared to not person immoderate volition of stopping,” constabulary wrote.
She was yelling for Herrera to fto her down and erstwhile helium yet slowed down, “she jumped retired of the conveyance portion it was moving.” After leaping from the vehicle, the witnesser said Herrera “continued to thrust disconnected and did not stop.”
Based connected accusation from the witness, investigators located Herrera and the reddish Mustang. The car had “a immense spread successful the driver’s broadside information of the windshield,” and an serviceman allegedly saw Herrera driblet an bare tin of brew connected the crushed portion walking distant from the vehicle.
Inside the vehicle, constabulary recovered breached solid with what appeared to beryllium quality hairsbreadth connected it, per the complaint. Police said the different rider successful the car besides confirmed to investigators that Herrera was driving astatine the clip of the crash, the ailment says.
Herrera besides allegedly confessed to driving the car aft drinking and smoking weed. He is being held successful the Milwaukee County Jail connected $120,000 bond, records show.
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