Berwyn, IL – A Chicago man is facing felony charges after allegedly fleeing the scene of a fatal pedestrian crash in Berwyn early Saturday morning.
According to a press release issued Tuesday by the Berwyn Police Department, officers responded around 3 a.m. to the intersection of Oak Park Avenue and Windsor Avenue for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. First responders located 53-year-old Omar Sharif of Chicago with critical injuries. He was transported to MacNeal Hospital, where he later died.
Investigators from the West Suburban Major Crimes Task Force (WESTAF) assisted Berwyn detectives, who used witness accounts and surveillance footage to identify the vehicle, which was found damaged and parked at a residence in Chicago. Police say the car belonged to 49-year-old Anthony Berry, also of Chicago.
Berry allegedly contacted Berwyn Police and made incriminating statements. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office reviewed the case and approved one felony count of Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Death, classified as a Class 1 felony under Illinois law.
Berry is scheduled to appear for a detention hearing at the Maybrook Courthouse on Wednesday, July 2.
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