Hit-and-Run Suspect Surrenders in Texas

0:00It's April 21st. This is Dallas News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. A suspect from Arkansas finally turned himself in last week for a deadly hit and run in Louisville, Texas that claimed the life of a 37-year-old man named Marcus Gibbs. Gibbs was walking back to his hotel after dropping off a rental car when he got struck by a vehicle about a month ago. Cops pieced it together from debris at the scene, including a big yellow side mirror and surveillance footage that led straight to the drivers. Truck. Investigators tracked the vehicle to Jocelyn Paul Low out of Bentonville. He admitted to the crash, but said he thought it was a deer, claimed he looped back to check but saw nothing and even sent pics of the damage to his. Ride. Turns out that evidence didn't match up with his story, folks close to Gibbs are heartbroken. His wife told police what he was doing that night, and a witness from the same hometown in Shreveport found him unresponsive and called 911 right away.

1:02Gibbs's dad called him a great person who's now gone, leaving two kids behind and another on the way. No decent person just drives off like that. Low surrender to Denton County jail on April 14th got hit with the collision involving death charge and bonded out soon after. The case is moving forward as they dig deeper into the details. This hits home how one split second choice ripples out, but at least the accountability is kicking in now. Stay aware out there on those roads.