Las Vegas man arrested for fatal hit-and-run after daughter calls police
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Las Vegas man accused of a deadly hit-and-run over the weekend refused to turn himself in until his daughter called the police, according to police documents.
On Sunday, June 21 shortly before 1 a.m., officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department were called to East Harmon Avenue west of Paradise Road after reports that a vehicle hit a pedestrian.
Callers told 911 that the victim was “not moving, was gasping for air, had no pulse,” and someone was giving the victim CPR, the report stated.
Witnesses told police that the victim was hit by a dark SUV with tinted windows. They also told police the vehicle left the scene.
Medical personnel arrived and took the victim, identified by police as Michael Price (AKA Renee Woods) to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. A doctor at that hospital pronounced the victim deceased.
Later that day, police asked the public for help identifying the vehicle from the crash.
Shortly before 3 p.m., metro officers were called to an apartment in the 3200 block of Key Largo Drive after a person called 911 because her mother and father were having a heated argument.
The argument was regarding the fact that the father, later identified as Rigoberto Osorio, 48, was involved in a hit-and-run crash that morning and was refusing to turn himself in.
After police separated the two fighting, Osorio admitted to driving the SUV during the collision and police placed him under arrest.
The woman told police that the two went to a casino to gamble. On their way home, Osorio was driving south on Paradise and turned right on Harmon. She told police she felt a collision but did not see what Osorio hit, the report stated.
Osorio pulled into a complex to look at the damage of the car, at which time the woman noticed lights and sirens in the direction where the collision happened.
She told police she told Osorio to turn himself in and he refused. The two argued again in the afternoon and the argument became more heated, so she told her daughter to hide in her room and call police.
Osorio told police the collision occurred because he could not see the victim. He said he did not call the police because he was scared and panicked.
Police took Osorio to the Clark County Detention Center where he is being held on a $50,000 bail. He faces charges of duty to stop at the scene of an accident (death), destroying/concealing evidence, and driving without a license.
If Osorio makes bail, he will not be allowed to drive and will be told to stay out of trouble. His next court appearance is scheduled for July 24.
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