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Rene Alfredo Alvarado Lopez charged for killing 2-year-old in hit-and-run incident in southwest Houston

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Published  October 3, 2022 10:36am CDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 26 Houston

Man charged with killing 2-year-old in hit-and-run incident

Rene Alfredo Alvarado Lopez is charged with killing a 2-year-old in a hit-and-run incident in southwest Houston. The 2-year-old was going to the ice cream truck.

HOUSTON - A suspect has been charged with killing a 2-year-old in a hit-and-run.

22-year-old Rene Alfredo Alvarado Lopez was charged with Intoxicated Manslaughter and Failure to Render Aid after hitting a child with his truck in southwest Houston in an apartment complex.

Rene Alfredo Alvarado Lopez, 22 (Photo Courtesy of Houston Police Department)

PREVIOUS STORY: 2-year-old killed in hit-and-run incident in southwest Houston: police

According to reports, the hit-and-run occurred on Saturday at 8400 Nairn Street around 4:30 p.m. Lopez was driving a green Dodge Ram pickup truck through the complex when he hit the 2-year-old walking with his parents to the ice cream truck.

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EDITORS NOTE: This video is from the previous story. Police say the driver was intoxicated during a hit-and-run crash that killed the child.

Witnesses reported that Lopez attempted to drive off, but they caught up to his vehicle outside the complex and held him until police arrived.

Paramedics pronounced the boy dead at the scene. Officials determined Lopez was intoxicated and arrested him at the scene.

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Lopez could face up to 20 years for both felonies.