{"id":219455,"date":"2026-03-25T08:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/219455\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T08:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:42:16","slug":"man-arrested-in-connection-with-2025-deadly-hit-and-run-in-northeast-el-paso-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/219455\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in connection with 2025 deadly hit-and-run in Northeast El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a 36-year-old man in Northeast El Paso back in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to the El Paso Police Department, 39-year-old George Thomas Halvorsen was arrested on Thursday after investigators received anonymous tips through the Crime Stoppers of El Paso program. <\/p>\n<p>EPPD identified Halvorsen as the driver of a 2008 Chevy Silverado that investigators believe hit and killed Miguel Eduardo Rodriguez on US54, at Ellerthorpe Ave., near Logan Elementary School, on Dec. 26, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/northeast-el-paso-traffic-halted-after-midnight-crash-on-us-54-investigation-ongoing?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on US-54 in El Paso; police seek information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators described that Rodriguez was hit by a vehicle while he was standing on the shoulder of the US54 after he had exited his vehicle at Gateway North.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the vehicle then fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/el-paso-constable-deputy-arrests-man-wanted-on-deceptive-trade-warrant-after-surveillance?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso constable deputy arrests man wanted on deceptive trade warrant after surveillance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-219455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}