(KRON) -- The suspect in a deadly Oakland hit-and-run that left an elderly man dead earlier this month has turned himself in to police. The Oakland Police Department announced Thursday that it had arrested a suspect in the Oct. 3 incident that left 81-year-old Eugene Lynch dead. The incident occurr ed just before 6 a.m. in the area of 17th Street and Lakeside Drive. Officers arrived at the scene to find the victim lying in the intersection. Two San Jose police officers face charges of evidence tampering Despite lifesaving efforts, he died at the scene. Police said Lynch had been walking in the marked crosswalk across 17th Street when he was hit by a vehicle going north on Lakeside at a high rate of speed. The suspect vehicle fled the scene before police arrived. Police did not identify the suspect or specify when he turned himself in. The case, police said, has been handed over to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. ...read more read less