Updated Tuesday, July 14, 2009 --- 10:20 a.m.

Incident report from Madison Police Department:

On Sunday night, sometime after 10:15 p.m., several angry people attacked a 38-year-old Fitchburg man in the 2300 block of Allied Drive.

The victim says he tried to run from his assailants, but was tripped.

He does not know what happened after that.

A witness saw several young men surrounding the man, and reported the victim was not moving.

He suffered numerous head injuries, including a possible broken nose and swollen lips he also had "road rash" on his shoulder, and cuts on both hands.

The victim said those who attacked him believe he was a passenger in a car that struck and killed a neighborhood man on June 27th (see story below).

The victim said he had been with the driver - inside an apartment - prior to the hit-and-run crash, but asserts he was not in the car.

He said his attackers were four black males.

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UPDATE Monday, June 29, 2009 -- 4:30 pm

A local man is under arrest. A Madison mother is in pain after the loss of her son Saturday night. 19-year-old Larry Caraway was killed in a hit and run at the intersection of Verona and Raymond Roads on Madison's Southwest Side.

"He had a smile... Smile just caught you right off."

DeeDee Griffin remembers what she calls her son's "goofy" smile.

19-year-old Larry Caraway is the eldest of Griffin's seven children.

"He doesn't like to clean up, but he'll cook."

Caraway had hoped to turn his love for cooking into a career.

"He wanted to go to school for culinary arts," she says, "But he didn't get a chance to."

Police believe this man, Robert E. Jones, was driving when Caraway was struck and killed while crossing Verona Road, on his way home Saturday night.

Caraway had been visiting with friends in the Allied Drive area. Griffin says she was on the phone with her son, who was saying he and his younger brother would be late for curfew, when the call disconnected.

"He was like mom, you know I love you mom. I love you mom. I said I'm not playing with you, Larry. You better get here and then I went to go tell him to put my other son on the phone and the phone went dead. And I thought maybe his battery died or something."

But a few minutes later, Griffin got another call. It was from her other son... saying Larry was hurt.

"Even when I heard the sirens, I still figured ... always turn on lights... that's common... But then when I seen more than one flying down the street, that's when I went flying down Raymond Road... cause I knew it was serious, it had to be serious."

Larry Caraway was pronounced dead at the scene - a week ahead of his 20th birthday.

Court records show Robert Jones had outstanding warrants for another hit and run case from April. The victim in the case from April says Jones was speeding down the Beltline when he hit the side of the victim's van as he tried to weave in and out of traffic. The victim says he had trouble keeping up with Jones but followed him until police were able to catch him.

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UPDATED Monday, June 29, 2009 -- 2 pm

The Dane County Coroner has identified the victim in Saturday night's deadly hit and run on Verona Road as 19-year-old Larry Caraway.

DeeDee Griffin is Caraway's mother. Monday, she says she remembers her son as a good kid, who was funny, friendly and was hoping to pursue a career in culinary arts.

Griffin says Caraway was headed home with his 14-year-old brother from the Allied Drive area when he was struck late Saturday night. Griffin says she was talking to her son on his cell phone when it disconnected. That's when, she say, he was hit. Caraway would've turned 20 years old this Saturday, July 4th. Griffin says her son will be laid to rest in Madison.

On Sunday night, Madison Police arrested Robert E. Jones as a suspect in the crash. Court records show Jones had outstanding warrants for another hit and run case from April. NBC15 News talked with the man who Jones is accused of hitting in April. The man says Jones was heading down the Beltline at 70-80 miles per hour, weaving in and out of traffic, when he sideswiped the man's vehicle.

Police say they're still investigating Saturday's deadly crash.

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UPDATED Monday, June 29, 2009 --- 10:40 a.m.

From the Dane County Coroners Office:

Date: June 29, 2009
Time: 1040AM

The name of the young man killed Saturday evening in a passenger vehicle vs. pedestrian collision has been released by the Dane County Coroner. He is identified as:

LARRY D. CARAWAY
Age 19
Madison, Wisconsin

Caraway sustained major internal trauma in the collision and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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UPDATED: Monday, June 29, 2009 --- 6:17 a.m.

UPDATE from the Madison Police Department:

Madison Police have arrested Robert E. Jones in this incident.

Community members were vital in this investigation, working with police in locating the vehicle and the suspect. The suspect was booked into the Dane County Jail.

Charges:
Failure to Render Aid
Duty Upon Striking a Person.

Warrants Served:
Operating after Revocation
Hit and Run

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Posted Sunday, June 28, 2009 -- 3:00 pm
By Zac Schultz

Madison: Police are still looking for the driver in Saturday night's fatal hit and run at the intersection of Verona Road and Raymond Road on Madison's southwest side.

Madison Police say around 10:45 Saturday night a driver northbound on Verona Road hit and killed a teenage boy who was crossing the street with his friends.

The driver left the scene.

Justin Jafferis drove by the scene just a couple minutes later and stopped to offer aid. He says the boy was in the road near the guardrail. "Unfortunately the shoes and clothes were knocked off of him so I could tell that he had been hit pretty hard."

Jafferis says the boy was surrounded by a small group of people. "It appeared to be two of his friends, maybe one. I know they were both pretty shaken up. Everybody was pretty well traumatized, but there were about 6 to 7 people."

The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. He was apparently crossing Verona Road with friends, coming from a convenience store on the west side of the road, returning to the Allied Drive neighborhood on the east side of the road. The crosswalk does have pedestrian walk signals.

"It's a very busy intersection," says Florenzo Cribbs, referring to the intersection of Raymond and Verona Roads. He says it's dangerous because drivers on Verona Road are often driving 50 miles an hour and not looking for pedestrians. "Sometimes even with the light being green it's hard to cross."

Neighbors say despite how dangerous the intersection can be, it is still quite popular. That's because the Speedway gas station on the other side of the highway is one of the only convenience stores open late at night. "The Speedway is a very popular destination," says Cribbs. "You can come here between 10 and around 3 am and it's usually crowded- after bartime."

Others say you have to be careful any time of day. "Usually when the light is red and no cars are coming we run across so that we don't take any chances of being hit," says 10-year-old Gordie Wright.

Wright and his friends say the victim lived in their neighborhood.

"Last time we saw him was yesterday," says 14-year-old Jordan Nabry. "That's the last time we saw him."

"That was one of our friends," says Wright.

Cribbs is President of the Allied -Dunn's Marsh Neighborhood Association. He wants to see something similar to the red flags Monroe Street residents use to cross safely. "It may not be flags, but it's going to be something similar to let the cars know that people are crossing."

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Posted Sunday, June 28, 2009 --- 1:40 a.m.

Information from Madison Police Department:

At 10:48 Saturday night, officers were dispatched to the 4900 Block Verona Road for a Motor Vehicle/Pedestrian accident.

Responding officers did locate an apparent victim of this accident, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witness statement provided a vehicle description of a vehicle leaving the scene to responding officers, and officers are currently searching for that vehicle.

A portion of Verona Rd was closed for this investigation.

Madison.com is reporting the victim is a teenager.