Photo Gallery: Cyclists’ mother pleads public for hit-and-run help
Damien Kevit’s mother Michele Kevitt Kirkland holds an image of him at a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Authorities announced a $25,000 reward for details leading to the arrest and conviction of a hit-and-run motorist who struck and severely-injured a 36-year-old cyclist. The reward from the Los Angeles City Council comes two weeks after the cyclist, Damian Kevitt, was hit on Feb. 17 on westbound Zoo Drive in Griffith Park.
Michele Kevitt Kirkland, the mother of Damien Kevitt, with CHP lieutenant David Moeller and L.A. councilman Tom LaBonge behind her, speaks about her son at a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Michele Kevitt Kirkland, the mother of Damien Kevitt, is hugged by L.A. councilman Tom LaBonge after a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Michele Kevitt Kirkland, the mother of Damien Kevitt, shows pictures of her son to his co-workers Bob Adams and Edie Reuveni, after a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
CHP lieutenant David Moeller speaks at a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Michele Kevitt Kirkland, the mother of Damien Kevitt, talks about Damien’s fingertips that were dragged on the pavement for 600 feet at a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
CHP lieutenant David Moeller, with Michelle Kevitt Kirkland behind him, speaks at a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Damien Kevitt’s mother Michele Kevitt Kirkland talks with a CHP officer before a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Uncle Jeff Evans talks about the humor of his nephew Damien Kevitt to reporters at a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Michele Kevitt Kirkland, the mother of Damien Kevitt, shows pictures of her son to his co-workers Bob Adams and Edie Reuveni, after a press conference to announce a $25,000 reward in conjunction with a Zoo Drive cyclist hit-and-run at the Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields in Los Angeles on Monday, March 4, 2013. Damien Kevitt was hit and dragged by a minivan driving motorist, who fled the scene, on February 17th in Glendale. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)