Overview
- Peter Morris, 80, was struck as he got into a parked 2012 Hyundai outside Woodward Parkway Elementary around 11:41 a.m. Friday and later died at a hospital.
- Police identified the driver as Randy Colon, 24, of Hicksville, who was behind the wheel of a stolen 2013 Nissan before running off on foot.
- Officers arrested Colon nearby, and he faces charges of second-degree manslaughter, criminal possession of stolen property, grand larceny and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
- Colon is being held without bail as investigators continue to examine the circumstances of the crash near the school, where other vehicles were damaged.
- Family members say Morris had just left a veterans’ event at his granddaughter’s school, and a vigil is scheduled at the campus Tuesday evening.