Overview

• Investigators arrested 19-year-old Daveon Javon-James Jackson Saturday evening on suspicion of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, careless driving resulting in death, hit-and-run and failing to report a crash.
• Community tips and footage from MESH and Flock camera networks led police to the blue 2014 Dodge Charger, which they found abandoned at a Denver apartment complex.
• The victim was a 16-year-old boy riding an electric scooter in a marked bike lane at East Wesley Drive and South Dunkirk Street when he was struck from behind late Friday and later died at the hospital.
• Aurora Police continue to seek any security or doorbell camera footage from the area between 11:15 and 11:20 p.m. Friday and ask witnesses to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-7867.
• The case highlights Aurora’s growing reliance on surveillance technology and public cooperation to swiftly resolve hit-and-run incidents involving vulnerable road users.