OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Omaha Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver who left a man dead in the street after a hit and run.

According to OPD, officers responded to the scene near 61st Street and L Street just before midnight Monday and found 35-year-old Michael Schoemann in the roadway. Medical teams determined that the person died at the scene.

Crash investigators believe Schoemann may have been lying in the eastbound lane of L Street when he was struck by the vehicle, which was continuing southbound on 60th Street after the crash.

Police said the vehicle was a gray Chevy Traverse from 2013 to 2017 and had damage to the front bumper and passenger side.

Anyone with information about the suspicious vehicle or its whereabouts is asked to submit an anonymous tip through Omaha Crime Stoppers. To do this Click here or call 402-444-STOP.

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