Sulphur Springs police arrest man in connection with fatal hit-and-run
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (KLTV) - Sulphur Springs police made an arrest Sunday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident.
According to a report by Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson, Juan Hernandez-Ruiz was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of Giovanni Lopez. Officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Texas Street around 4 a.m. Sunday in response to calls about a person laying in the road. The person, identified as Lopez, had reportedly been in an altercation with Hernandez-Ruiz. Police allege that Hernandez-Ruiz ran over Lopez with his vehicle in connection with that altercation.
Lopez was transported to a local hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.
Hernandez-Ruiz remains in the Hopkins County Jail on a $2 million bond.
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