A suspect has been arrested in the fatal hit-and-run of a man who was struck with his own vehicle as he attempted to stop a carjacking, Suffolk County police said Saturday.
Edwin Gutierrez, of New York City, faces a murder charge and other crimes in the Nov. 28 death of 69-year-old Dionel Ramirez, police said.
Ramirez parked his car at a 7-Eleven, leaving it running while picking up food he was to deliArver to a soup kitchen. That's when Gutierrez climbed into the car and started to drive away, investigators say.
Ramirez tried to stop the 48-year-old Manhattan man but was run over, police said. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Gutierrez is to be arraigned Sunday. It was unclear whether he had a lawyer.
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