Incident: Fatal Hit & Run Traffic Collision
Date / Time: August 13, 2023 / 4:37 a.m.
Location: 800 Block of West Rialto Avenue, Rialto, CA 92376
Decedent: DeAngelo Banks, 37-Year-Old Resident of Fontana
Suspect: Unknown
On Sunday, August 13, 2023, at approximately 4:37 a.m., a Rialto Police patrol officer was driving east on Rialto Avenue, east of Spruce Street in a marked police vehicle. The officer drove over an unknown object in the middle of the roadway and immediately turned around to investigate. The officer discovered it was a pedestrian who was deceased. The pedestrian was later identified as DeAngelo Banks. Physical evidence located at the scene indicates Banks had been previously struck and killed by at least one vehicle before the officer’s contact. The Rialto Police Department requested the California Highway Patrol respond to assist in this investigation.
California Highway Patrol and the Rialto Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team responded and conducted two separate investigations. Investigators recovered evidence at the scene, and video footage information indicates Banks was walking eastbound in the lanes of traffic on Rialto Avenue. Video footage from properties nearby the incident revealed a vehicle of interest driving eastbound on Rialto Avenue toward Banks prior to him being struck. The investigation is in progress, and efforts to locate this vehicle are ongoing. Therefore, at this time details on the suspect vehicle are being kept confidential.
The Rialto Police Department is seeking the community’s assistance with any information about this incident and requests witnesses contact Sergeant Dan Smith at (909) 644-6025 or
[email protected]. Witnesses can also anonymously report information through WeTip at (800) 782-7463, reference case #932309127.
Captain Anthony Vega
909-820-2526
