Just a few days after German tourist Mechthild Schroeer was killed by stray gunfire near Union Square, 21-year-old Nils Linke, who was also a tourist from Germany, was struck and killed on his bike on Masonic Avenue near Turk on Friday night. The driver fled the scene, but police were able to track him down thanks to eye witness descriptions.
The suspect was arrested for vehicular manslaughter. (Unlike the case of Philip Stewart in the shooting of Schroeer, the suspect walked away from any charges due to lack of evidence.)