Police say man crossing Omaha street fatally hit; one arrested

OMAHA, Neb. -- Police said an arrest has been made a day after a man crossing a south Omaha street was hit by a car and killed. 

Police said that crash happened before 1:30 a.m. Saturday in southeast Omaha between Highland and Spring Lake Parks. 

Police said the man, later identified as 43-year-old Tommy Tsosie, was crossing 24th Street when he was hit by a southbound vehicle - which fled without stopping. 

Tsosie was declared dead at the scene by paramedics. On Sunday, police arrested 20-year-old Santiago Paiz-Bautista of Omaha, on suspicion of leaving the scene of a fatal crash.