TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa police say they have made an arrest just days after a bicyclist was killed Tuesday in what authorities called a hit-and-run.

Dameisha Tyana Ceasar, 28, was taken into custody on Friday, the Tampa Police Department said in a news release.

Officers responded to the 1900 block of E. 21st Ave. at about 8 p.m. Tuesday and found 57-year-old Darrell Lawson unresponsive in the road.

He was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries.

Darrell Lawson, left, was killed after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike Tuesday night. (Photo: Ashley Stubbins)

Police said that on the same night, Ceasar had borrowed a 2023 blue Toyota Corolla to go to the store from a residence in the 3300 block of E. Wilder Ave. Ceasar later called family members to report that she just hit something, police said.

Video of the crash was released by Tampa police, and led detectives to Ceasar.

Ceasar turned herself in to detectives on Friday. She was charged with leaving the scene of a crash with death and driving without a valid license. She was taken to Orient Road Jail.

REMEMBERING THE CRASH VICTIM

Darrell Lawson’s wife, Valarie, described him as a the “life of the party.”

“Grandkids, kids, neighbors—everyone loved him,” she said.

Lawson was riding his bike to the store, something he did every day, when he was hit, according to his wife.

Video from the Tampa Police Department shows Lawson starting to cross the road when a car hit him, sending both him and his bike flying.

“They took him away from his family, my family,” his wife said.

Police said earlier that the car that hit Lawson was a light blue, possibly gray or silver, sedan. It was last seen heading east on E. 21st Ave.

“I pray to God their conscience eats them where they can’t sleep, they can’t do nothing but just turn themselves in,” she said.