Suspect Arrested In Fatal Wixom Hit-And-Run Of Teen On Bike

WIXOM, MI — The 21-year-old man wanted for reportedly killing a 14-year-old boy on a bicycle in Wixom yesterday has been arrested, according to police. A search was underway Tuesday for Miguel A. Ibarra Cerda, who authorities said was dangerous and possibly headed for Mexico. He was located and arrested without incident in Lansing on Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities said 14-year-old Justin Lee was riding his bike Monday evening on Potter Road between Black Locus Drive and Flamingo Street when a minivan ran him over and then fled. The boy, a Wixom resident and student at Walled Lake Western High School, was rushed to a hospital but did not survive.

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