Eagle Rock hit-and-run claims life of young musician

Eagle Rock — Brandon Duplessis often took long walks — thinking about things, sometimes writing songs — when he had a hard time sleeping. He was on such a walk last month at around 5 am when he was struck and killed by a car in the intersection of Colorado Street and Broadway. He had sent his father a song over the phone just 10 minutes earlier.

Duplessis was 23.

The driver left the scene, but police confirmed that a suspect turned himself in a few hours later and has entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of felony hit-and-run, according to court records.

Duplessis was born in Venice, grew up in La Crescenta, and had recently been living with his mother in Eagle Rock after working for a couple of years in the Houston area. He was in the process of enrolling at the Musicians Ins