A Detroit police officer is dead after an alleged hit-and-run crash on the city's east side early Sunday. Police say it happened just after midnight at the intersection of Hoover Street and Greiner Street.

A Detroit Police officer was killed earlier this weekend in a car crash, the department confirmed Sunday morning.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a Detroit officer dead, police announced Monday. Officials did not immediately identify the man or say what charges he is facing.