LATEST: Qaadir Isaam Amin II has been identified as a suspect in Deadly May 7th Hit and Run.
UPDATE: North Las Vegas Police released the name on Tuesday of the registered owner of the vehicle that hit and killed 55-year-old Clay Stampley.
His name was revealed as Qaadir Isaam Amin II, age 34. A police spokesperson said that it is not known if Amin was driving the vehicle that hit Stampley, but he does have a criminal history.
Qaadir Isaam Amin II is the registered owner of the car that ran red light. Not sure his involvement in the crash. @KTNV
— Stephanie Zepelin (@StephanieKTNV) May 10, 2016
Amin has a criminal history - including warrant for driving on suspended license. His car had not been reported stolen.
— Stephanie Zepelin (@StephanieKTNV) May 10, 2016
ORIGINAL STORY
NORTH LAS VEGAS (KTNV) -- A man is dead following a hit-and-run crash Saturday morning in North Las Vegas.
Around 5:25 a.m., officers responded to a call of a collision at Cheyenne Avenue and Simmons Street. When they arrived they found a man who had been ejected from a vehicle and was suffering from critical injuries. Medical personnel transported him to University Medical Center where he later died.
The preliminary investigation indicates the man was driving a Dodge Dakota south on Simmons, when a GMC Yukon ran the red light traveling west on Cheyenne. The Yukon struck the Dakota and the man was ejected. The occupants of the Yukon fled the scene on foot and are still outstanding.
The family of the man in the Dakota identified him as 55-year-old Clay Stampley. A candlelight vigil is being held at 7 p.m. Sunday at the site of the crash.
Family of fatal hit&run victim setting up memorial near Cheyenne/Simmons. Clay Stampley was killed early Sat @KTNV pic.twitter.com/HtiJCky237
— Gina Lazara (@GinaLazara) May 8, 2016
"Just it's really hard just you know, just to try and accept him being gone," said his son, Clay Stampley Jr. "It's not believable. It just can't be. It's not reality right now. It's not reality right now. It's hard."
Stampley's cousin was upset for the two people who fled the scene of the crash.
"I feel that they were cowards for running. They were cowards," Veronica Dillard said. "And you left my cousin there just like an animal, a piece of garbage. That's how I feel that you just left my cousin there and he did not deserve that!"
This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with additional information regarding this case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
