TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Police Department (TPD) said the suspect in a hit-and-run near St. Joseph Hospital on Monday has been located and charges are pending.
At 7:30 p.m., near the intersection of North Gomez Avenue and West M.L.K. Jr. Boulevard in front of St. Joseph Hospital, a vehicle hit a man and then fled the scene.
The driver, identified as 37-year-old Samuel Gavin Leppert, traveled a short distance and pulled into the hospital's parking lot. Leppert then abandoned the vehicle and fled the parking lot on foot.
The man Leppert hit was transported to the hospital after lifesaving measures were performed. TPD said he suffered "significant injuries" but is expected to survive.
The westbound lanes of M.L.K. Jr. Boulevard are back open after TPD concluded its investigation.
