Hit-and-run suspect sought Huntington Beach police are...

Hit-and-run suspect sought

Huntington Beach police are looking for a driver suspected of

striking and killing a Fountain Valley man and then fleeing the

scene.

James Litwicki, 59, was seen injured east of Magnolia Avenue,

south of the San Diego Freeway at about 8:30 a.m. Jan. 18. Police

believe he was struck that morning or at night on Jan. 17.

Fountain Valley Police responded to a medical aid call and

determined that Litwicki was a hit-and-run victim based on the nature

of his injuries, as well as on “the fact that [Litwicki’s] shoes were

out in the street in a manner consistent with someone who’s basically

hit so hard he’s knocked out of his shoes,” Fountain Valley Police

Sgt. Kevin Thomas said.

Litwicki suffered a head injury, a broken pelvis and hypothermia,

police said. He was transferred to UC Irvine Medical Center, where he

died at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday.

The investigation was transferred to Huntington Beach Police after

investigators determined that the crash occurred within Huntington

Beach city limits. Investigators have no suspect or vehicle

descriptions. Anyone who may have seen the collision can call Traffic

Investigator Bob Barr at (714) 536-5666.

Shooting suspect

is in custody

Huntington Beach Police have arrested a suspect after a car-to-car

shooting on Sunday afternoon.

Frederico Rosas, 21, a Huntington Beach resident, was arrested

Monday after a foot chase near Oak View Elementary School.

Police believe the shooting occurred near the intersection of

Goldenwest Street and Warner Avenue at about 3:20 p.m. A white

Lincoln Town Car pulled up next to Maximo Tiasela, 21, a Huntington

Beach resident driving a green Oldsmobile Cutlass, and the driver of

the Lincoln shot Tiasela, police said.

The shots struck Tiasela’s car and he escaped the scene uninjured,

then called police. Police set up a surveillance of Rosas’ residence

in the 8100 block of Slater Avenue based on information provided by

Tiasela, police said.

“The victim identified suspect Rosas as the person who had fired

at him,” Lt. Ed Deuel said.

Police spotted Rosas near his residence on Monday. He fled his

vehicle after officers tried to stop him, police said.

Rosas was booked on one count of assault with a deadly weapon and

held at Huntington Beach City Jail.

Police are still investigating a motive for the shooting.

Resident robbed

in his residence

A man was tied up and robbed in his own home on Sunday by three

men who are believed to be on the loose, Huntington Beach police

said.

At about 11:55 p.m., Dennis Harrington, 51, a Huntington Beach

resident, was reportedly hit over the head with an unknown object and

tied up by three men who then ransacked his residence in the 1400

block of Delaware Street.

Police don’t know how the men entered the location or what was

stolen.

Police offering

free gun locks

The Huntington Beach Police Department, in partnership with

Project Child Safe, a group managed by the National Shooting Sports

Federation, distributed free cable-style gun locks on Wednesday.

Leftover locks are available at the Police Department front desk

at 2000 Main St. They will be distributed on a first-come,

first-served basis.

Anyone interested in a free gun lock can call Suzie Wajda at (714)

536-5933.