Story highlights Suspect in hit-and-run that left two onlookers dead is charged with murder

Henry Gevorgyan, 21, surrendered to authorities Saturday night

(CNN) A man suspected of killing two people during a "street race" has turned himself in to Los Angeles Police.

Henry Gevorgyan, 21, surrendered to authorities Saturday night in connection with the fatal hit-and-run that left two onlookers dead. He was charged Sunday with murder, according to LAPD spokesman Officer Jack Richter, and held at the LAPD jail in Van Nuys with bail set at $2 million.

The crash happened Thursday in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Chatsworth.

Gevorgyan was driving a gray Ford Mustang and was allegedly racing another vehicle "and struck several pedestrian spectators," police said.

Authorities said he fled the scene of the accident along with the driver of the other car.

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