JSO Needs Help Identifying Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run

JSO Needs Help Identifying Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run

Jacksonville police are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying the driver of a white mid-size SUV believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run that claimed the life of 40-year-old Brandon Venegas on Monday, May 26, 2025.

Just before midnight, officers discovered Venegas’s body in an alley behind a business on Merrill Road near Townsend Boulevard. Investigations quickly determined he had been run over by a vehicle.

Surveillance footage from the area shows a white mid-size SUV, similar to the one pictured below, which authorities believe is the vehicle that struck Venegas.

If you recognize the vehicle or know who may have been driving it, please give us a call (904.630.0500). You can also report what you know anonymously through First Coast Crime Stoppers (1.866.845.TIPS).

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