Lemon Grove Hit-and-Run Ruled Homicide; Victim Identified As Brian Colvin, 44

Authorities Thursday publicly identified a 44-year-old man who was killed this week in an apparently intentional hit-and-run on a Lemon Grove street.

Deputies responding to a report that a person had been struck by a vehicle in the 8200 block of Broadway about 2:15 a.m. Monday arrived to find Brian Colvin of Spring Valley lying in the roadway, badly injured but conscious, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

Paramedics took Colvin to a hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries. The county Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled his death a homicide.

“Witnesses reported the (victim had been) standing in the roadway in front of an unknown vehicle, speaking with the occupants of the vehicle,” sheriff’s Lt. Michael Krugh said. “A few seconds later, the (driver) accelerated, intentionally struck (Colvin) and fled from the area.”

Sheriff’s homicide investigators are probing “the circumstances and motivation behind this death,” Krugh added.

No description of the driver has been released.

– City News Service