{"id":256879,"date":"2025-09-26T19:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/256879\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:59:10","slug":"reward-offered-in-douglas-hit-and-run-that-killed-84-year-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/256879\/","title":{"rendered":"Reward offered in Douglas hit-and-run that killed 84-year-old man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the driver who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fatally struck<\/a> an 84-year-old man in Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/douglas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Douglas<\/a> neighborhood in July.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Melton Smith was hit around 12:47 p.m. on July 24 by a silver SUV traveling southbound in the 3300 block of South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, according to Chicago police.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/melton-smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The vehicle fled the scene and is believed to be a Mercedes, BMW, or Lexus. Officials said it may have front-end damage, including broken headlights.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Smith was taken to a nearby hospital in serious condition but died from his injuries on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Chicago police said the Major Accidents Unit continues to investigate and is asking for the public\u2019s help. Anyone who witnessed the crash or has information \u2014 such as video evidence \u2014 is urged to leave a tip at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/TipForm.aspx?ID=727#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CPDTip.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Officials also warned that the suspect should be considered armed and dangerous and advised the public not to attempt to approach or apprehend them.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 cash reward for information that leads to the indictment or arrest of the person responsible. Tips can be submitted anonymously through the Crime Stoppers tip line at 800-535-7867 or by emailing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/mailto:\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tips@cookcountycrimestoppers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Details for this story were provided by Chicago police and Cook County Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/douglas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Douglas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the driver who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":256880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,6082,28596,5386,1818,50,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-256879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-douglas","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-illinois","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115272376017901103","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}