23-year-old man charged in fatal St. Paul hit-and-run

Police say a 23-year-old man has been charged in connection to the hit-and-run that killed 60-year-old Lor Xiong.

A criminal complaint states Christopher D’Shaun Mack faces one count of criminal vehicular homicide.

The complaint says officers were called just before 9 p.m. to Atlantic Street and Phalen Boulevard on the report of a crash involving a pedestrian.

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in St. Paul, 1 arrested

When police arrived, they located Xiong, who suffered significant injuries. Xiong was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said witnesses were able to describe the suspect vehicle to officers and provide a license plate number. Officers later found the vehicle in the 300 block of Toronto Street with visible damage to the front and driver’s side.

The owner of the car told police that her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend, identified as Mack, had used the vehicle earlier to go to a grocery store. The complaint says the woman told police they told her the vehicle had been hit in the parking lot.

According to the complaint, Mack later admitted he was driving when the incident occurred. He told police he did not know he had hit a person.