DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A Morehouse College student killed in a hit-and-run Sunday is being remembered across campus.
"He was so kind and warm and people loved him," said Joe Carlos.
Kavi Pudu was a Morehouse College senior with talent and a love for life. Friends said he wanted to be a performer and was the school mascot.
“He was just so talented. That was the thing everybody was able to see and connect through his music and his singing," Kamren Rollins said.
The college campus was devastated Monday after learning about the loss of Pudu.
Channel 2’s Liz Artz found pictures of the 21-year-old on his Facebook page. Police say he was killed Sunday evening after getting out of his mother's car on I-20 westbound near Evans Mill Road in south Dekalb County to check her headlights.
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“He went back around to the driver's side to see if he could turn hazard lights on," said Lt. Lonzy Robertson.
Robertson told Channel 2's Liz Artz another driver was struck by a white SUV. That driver lost control and veered off the road slamming into Kavi. Traffic investigators say the SUV kept going.
“Hopefully there's some evidence that we can put together and locate that vehicle," Robertson said.
Joe Carlos told Artz on Monday that he recruited Kavi Pudu from a Dallas shopping mall in 2013.
“We are all better because we knew him. The sun is shining today and I can’t help but think he's got something to do with that," Carlos said.
“He is a treasured member of our family but definitely of the class 2018 and always will be," Carlos said.
Police are looking for the white SUV that caused the accident and left the scene. Police say when found the driver will face a number of charges. If you know anything about this accident, you're asked to call the DeKalb County Police Department or Crime Stoppers.
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