Mazei Tehrani, 29

Died April 20, 2008 at 1:51 a.m.

Mazei Tehrani, 29, a white man, was killed in what police said was a deliberate hit-and-run in the 700 block of Delco Avenue in Winnetka about 1 a.m. Sunday, April 20. Tehrani was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:51 a.m.

Los Angeles police said an argument at a house party escalated into a fight in the street. Police said Marquis DeJon Jiles, 25, a Northridge resident, got into his friend's 2006 Toyota Scion and drove away. Jiles then made a U-turn and allegedly ran over a group of people who were standing in the street before crashing into a tree in a neighbor's front yard. 

According to witnesses, Jiles then got out of the car and ran off. He was later apprehended a short distance away and arrested on suspicion of murder.