An arrest warrant has been issued for a Los Angeles man who now faces charges in connection with the hit-and-run that killed a 16-year-old boy on a bicycle near BMO Stadium last week.
The deadly encounter happened at about 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 22 when, according to the California Highway Patrol, there was an altercation between a group of around 40 bicyclists and the driver of a blue BMW on Figueroa Street near Martin Luther King Boulevard.
The confrontation moved into the parking lot at BMO Stadium, where the victim, 16-year-old Jonathan “Junior” Flores , was struck by the driver of a black Honda sedan.
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Police tape seen around a bicycle after a fatal hit-and-run crash in the BMO Stadium parking lot on Nov. 22, 2024. (KTLA) -
People seen holding one another after a deadly hit-and-run claimed the life of a 16-year-old boy in Exposition Park on Nov. 22, 2024. (KTLA)
Both drivers fled the scene, leaving Flores to die in the middle of MLK Boulevard.
In an update on Wednesday, CHP announced that detectives executed a search warrant at a home in L.A. on Nov. 23, where they seized both vehicles believed to be involved in the incident.