SAN LEANDRO — A man was arrested on suspicion of running over and killing his girlfriend with his car Wednesday night in an apparent domestic dispute, police said Thursday.
Police identified the man as Kevin Velasco, 26, who police said resided with the woman in San Leandro. Her name has not been released.
He was arrested on suspicion of murder, assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, and battery. According to jail records, he listed his occupation as a computer engineer.
The confrontation happened about 11:50 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of Ruth Court in the area where they lived.
Police said they received several 911 calls about a man and woman in a verbal argument. One caller said the woman had been hit by a vehicle that was still on the scene, police said.
When police arrived they found the woman unresponsive and trapped underneath Velasco’s red BMW, Sgt. Dan Leja said. She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Velasco was arrested at the scene.
Police said preliminary reports were that he and the woman got into a domestic dispute that ended with him running over her with his car. What the dispute was about was not released.
Detectives are still interviewing witnesses about what happened.
Velasco is being held at Santa Rita Jail without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 6.
The killing is San Leandro’s first homicide of the year.
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