Overview
- Police say the 17-year-old turned himself in Monday after a warrant was issued, arriving with his mother and attorney.
- Prosecutors charged him with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and driving without a license.
- Authorities are withholding his name because he is a minor.
- Rodriguez, 54, was struck while biking home around 3:45 a.m. on Dec. 20 near 56th Street and Lancaster Avenue by a red SUV that fled.
- The killing galvanized mourners and safe-streets groups, who note that 12% of city streets account for 80% of serious traffic injuries and deaths.