Suspect Accused of Fatal Hit-and-Run in Oak Park Arrested

Suspect charged in deadly Oak Park collision arrested

(Metropolis of Oak Park, January 15, 2026)

Oak Park, MI – Oak Park Public Security Officers have arrested a suspect in reference to a deadly crash that killed a 71-year-old wheelchair-bound disabled veteran in November 2025.

After an in depth investigation, an arrest warrant was issued on January 15, 2026 for Devin Asa-Armon Gentle, a 28-year-old male resident of Southfield. Gentle was taken into custody by Oak Park Public Security Officers with out incident. He was arraigned in the present day in forty fifth District Courtroom on expenses of failure to cease on the scene of an accident leading to dying.

The deadly incident occurred within the early morning hours of Saturday, November 22, 2025, close to West 9 Mile Street and Harding Avenue, close to Greenfield Street. Officers obtained a report {that a} man was mendacity on the highway and located the sufferer on the scene. Regardless of lifesaving efforts by responding officers, the sufferer was pronounced deceased and later transported to the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Workplace.

Preliminary investigation indicated the sufferer was within the roadway when he was struck by a dark-colored sedan touring eastbound and fled the scene after the collision.

Though the case initially yielded restricted investigative leads, continued efforts by the Oak Park Public Security Detective Bureau, in collaboration with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace Reconstruction Group, Crime Stoppers of Michigan and neighborhood members, resulted within the growth of a vital tip.

Additional investigation confirmed that the car concerned was a darkish grey 2023–2026 Hyundai Elantra. Investigators later recovered a darkish grey 2024 Hyundai Elantra deserted within the metropolis of Detroit.

Oak Park Public Security extends its honest appreciation to Crime Stoppers of Michigan and the neighborhood for his or her help on this investigation. Anybody with further info concerning this incident is inspired to contact the Oak Park Public Security Division at (248) 691-7447.

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