Colorado Springs police are looking for Michael Stephen Benton, 32, who they say is the driver of a car that hit two pedestrians on Monday, killing one of them.
Mark Michelle was killed in the 9 a.m. incident in the 1400 block of North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs.
Benton initially told investigators he had swerved to miss another vehicle.
“This is now believed to be false,” the Colorado Springs Police Department stated this afternoon.
Police think Benton is still in the Colorado Springs area, possibly staying at a hotel. He was last driving a white Dodge Neon.
Court records indicate Benton has had several run-ins with law enforcement in Colorado Springs, including numerous traffic offenses.
He also pleaded guilty to felony menacing with a weapon in 2009 and was sentenced to five years of probation.
