A man has been arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run in Brooklyn Center on Thursday evening. A 26-year-old man was found unconscious near a strip mall on the 6800 block of Humboldt Avenue around 10:20 p.m. Despite lifesaving measures from officers, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Brooklyn Center police said they arrested a driver Friday afternoon on suspicion of hitting a man and leaving him to die in the street the night before. The incident occurred shortly after 10:20 p.m.

A hit-and-run driver left his victim to die in the street Thursday night in Brooklyn Center, officials said. The incident occurred shortly after 10:20 p.m. in the 6800 block of Humboldt Avenue N., police said.