Dallas Police confirmed Friday the arrest of a 21-year-old man as the driver in a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a promising young comedian in Deep Ellum last month.

Henry Cruz, 29, was walking home with friends in a grassy area along Elm Street after seeing a show on Aug. 23 when he was fatally struck by a vehicle that left the road while exiting Interstate 345.

Dallas Police investigators said 21-year-old Angel Vergara Rojas was arrested and faces a count of death involving a collision.

Online records indicated Rojas was booked into the Dallas County Jail on Sept. 3. He was not listed as an inmate on Friday on the county’s jail search.

Angel Hernandez, who met Cruz in the sixth grade and has remained close friends for the following 16 years, said Friday he’s relieved an arrest

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