Overview

• Police say the crash occurred around 11:15 p.m. Friday at East Wesley Drive and South Dunkirk Street when a vehicle struck the teen from behind as he rode in a marked bike lane.
• First responders found the 16-year-old conscious but seriously injured before he was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
• Authorities initially had only reports of a loud-exhaust vehicle and no eyewitnesses, prompting a public appeal for footage from 11:15 to 11:20 p.m.
• Community tips filed through Metro Denver Crime Stoppers helped officers identify a blue 2014 Dodge Charger linked to the hit-and-run.
• Aurora police arrested 19-year-old Daveon Javon-James Jackson Saturday evening on suspicion of leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death; charges also include careless driving resulting in death, hit-and-run and failure to report a crash.