4-year-old killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run ID'd as NYPD searches for driver

4-year-old killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run

FOX 5 NY's Michelle Ross has the latest on a 4-year-old boy that was killed in a hit-and-run.

BROOKLYN - The 4-year-old boy who was killed in a Brooklyn hit-and-run Thursday has been identified.

What we know:

Zachariah Padilla, from Brooklyn, was struck just after 11 a.m. near Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway in East Flatbush, according to police.

FOX 5 NY's Linda Schmidt reports that the child was walking with his mother before he darted into the street.

Investigators say an unidentified driver operating a Ford SUV was traveling northbound on Linden Boulevard when the vehicle hit the child, who was running eastbound on Rockaway Parkway toward Church Avenue. 

4-year-old Zachariah Padilla killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run.

The driver fled the scene without stopping.

Zachariah was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

"It's reckless, it's a child, it's a minor have some consideration you did the crime do the time," one nearby resident said. 

Police look for driver

The NYPD is still searching for a white SUV believed to be involved. 

4-year-old Zachariah Padilla (right) with his two older brothers.

What we don't know:

So far no arrests have been made and police have not released a description of the driver. 

It’s unclear how fast the vehicle was traveling at the time of the crash or whether any surveillance video has been recovered.

The investigation remains ongoing.