Monroe Police arrest suspected hit-and-run driver

Lazaurus Cunningham is charged with felony hit-and-run.

Lazaurus Cunningham is charged with felony hit-and-run.

UPDATE:

MONROE, NC – A driver accused of hitting a man in Monroe and continuing to drive has been arrested.

Police arrested 38-year-old Lazaurus Cunningham on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

Cunningham is charged with felony hit-and-run causing serious injury or death.

Police say he hit a man on W. Roosevelt Boulevard around 7:30 in the morning on January 22, 2025. The victim remains in critical condition.

ORIGINAL STORY (POSTED 1/22/25):

MONROE, NC – A man is in critical condition after a driver hit him and kept going in Monroe.

A police officer found the man in the median of W. Roosevelt Boulevard around 7:30 Wednesday morning.

Paramedics took the man to a Charlotte area hospital.

There is no information about the car or the driver.

Investigators are asking anyone who may know anything about this hit-and-run to call Monroe Police at 704-282-4700.