The Brief
- Police say a 19-year-old ASU student is facing felony hit-and-run charges in the crash that killed 18-year-old Joshua “JJ” Gonzalez.
- JJ’s family says the driver was at Tempe Tavern, a bar repeatedly cited amid hundreds of underage drinking arrests.
- The family and city leaders want the state liquor board to revoke the bar’s license; the city cannot shut it down itself.
TEMPE, Ariz. – We’re hearing from the father of an 18-year-old killed in a hit-and-run.
Police say an Arizona State University student who was at a Tempe bar that has been raided for underage drinking is to blame for the crash near Road and Lemon Street.
Now the family wants the bar to also be held responsible.…