MODESTO, Calif. — Police said there were five people racing against each other the night Dakota Stockton was hit and killed in Modesto. His mother said each one of those drivers left her son to die alone.
"It's one thing to think of one person being that despicable. But to think about that many people know what happened and didn't come forward... It's despicable behavior," said Diana Stockton, Dakota's mother.
Twenty-three-year-old Dakota Stockton was hit and killed on July 6 while crossing McHenry Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A week after his death, Modesto Police Department announced they arrested an alleged street racer in the case.
"Our traffic unit spent the last few days completing their investigation, and they were able to identify the vehicle that struck him and the driver," said Sharon Bear, spokesperson for the department.
Modesto Police Department identified the suspect as Ahmad Fayaz, 26 of Modesto. However, there's still a matter of the four other vehicles Fayaz was allegedly racing at the time and the role they played in the incident.
"We'd like to have the other drivers that were involved in this incident come forward and at least talk with us, so we can interview them," said Sharon Bear, spokesperson for the department.
Police aren't the only ones seeking answers. Diana said the fact that all those people left her son there to die is hard to wrap her head around.
"How do you do that? How do you hit someone like that and just keep going? He wasn't a dog. He wasn't a deer. He's not just anything. He was my son. He was a human. He had feelings," Diana said.
She's calling on the other drivers to "do the right thing, clear your conscious, and come forward."
Despite the new details surrounding the case, Diana met the news of the arrest with a wave of emotions, noting that she had been fixated on justice for her son and now might finally be able to grieve him.
"I feel like I might be able to start grieving now that I don't have to be warrior mommy and find who did this to my baby," she said.
It's not known whether the other drivers could face charges at this time, and a booking photo of Fayaz is not available at this time. However, police did share a message regarding street racing following the arrest.
"We had a fatal due to racing, so we just want to remind our youngsters out there, that get out there and - you know, they're with their buddies and they start racing - that it's very dangerous, very dangerous," Bear said.
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