Arrest made in hit-and-run that killed 30-year-old Camarillo man – NBC Los Angeles
An arrest has been made in reference to a hit-and-run crash that killed a 30-year-old man in Ventura County earlier this yr, officers mentioned Thursday.
Steven Michael Monzon of Camarillo was struck and killed by a automobile on Santa Rosa Highway close to Gerry Highway within the Santa Rosa Valley simply earlier than 11 p.m. on June 7, based on the California Freeway Patrol. The driving force took off.
His household instructed NBC Los Angeles that Monzon, a musician, was leaving his fiancée’s Simi Valley house and on his technique to his dad and mom’ house in Camarillo when his Uber journey ended round a number of miles in need of its vacation spot.
“He was a person vigorous, and stuffed with a future,” his father, Steven Arthur Monzon, instructed NBCLA in July. “It was lower quick, and it hurts us all.”
A 30-year-old man was left at nighttime by a rideshare driver, then struck and killed by one other driver, who left the scene. Eric Leonard stories for the NBC4 Information at 11 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
It is unclear why Monzon’s rideshare journey ended early. NBCLA reached out to Uber for remark however didn’t obtain a response.
“And the place he was set free was inappropriate,” his father mentioned. “It was subsequent to a lemon orchard, no sidewalks, no lighting, two-lane freeway.”
Throughout the weeks-long investigation, authorities say they recognized the suspected driver as 70-year-old Simi Valley resident Humberto Perez. He was arrested on Wednesday and booked on suspicion of felony hit-and-run, the CHP mentioned. Bail was set at $50,000.
Anybody with details about the case is requested to contact the CHP Ventura Communications Heart at 805-477-4174.
