GRAND RAPIDS, MI --- A man has been arrested in a hit-and-run that killed two people Saturday night in downtown Grand Rapids.

According to the Grand Rapids Police Department, officers got a tip that led to the vehicle involved in the crash. The suspect driver, a 44-year-old man from Grand Rapids, was subsequently located and arrested.

In a press release Sunday afternoon, police said they wanted to “thank the many citizens who have been willing to assist in the investigation of this incident.”

The hit-and-run occurred at 11:13 p.m. after the suspect vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign on the corner of Oakes Street and Grandville Avenue. A man and a woman, both 56 and from Grand Rapids, were hit while in the crosswalk on Oakes Street and were pronounced dead on the scene.

The suspect vehicle, which fled the scene, was described as a black sedan, possibly a Ford Taurus, “which should have damage to the front end and windshield,” police said, in an earlier press release Sunday morning.

Grand Rapids police said more details will become available "in the coming week.”

This story has been updated with additional information.