Authorities are investigating a fatal hit-and-run incident as a homicide after a pedestrian was struck and killed Saturday night.
According to a press release from the Pine Bluff Police Department, officers responded around 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 to the intersection of 21st Avenue and Olive Street in reference to a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle.
When officers arrived, they found 68-year-old Oscar Moore unresponsive in the roadway on Olive Street. Investigators said Moore had apparently been struck by a vehicle and was lying in the street when officers reached the scene.
Moore was pronounced dead by a Jefferson County deputy coroner.
Police said the driver involved in the collision left the scene. The case, initially reported as a hit-and-run, is now being investigated as a homicide.
The investigation remains in its early stages, and no additional information has been released.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact the Pine Bluff Police Department Detective Office tip line at 870-730-2106, the Detective Office at 870-730-2090, or the dispatch center at 870-541-5300.
