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Ottawa police are seeking the public’s help to identify a suspect they believe was involved in Thursday morning’s fatal hit-and-run incident near city hall.

Police described the suspect as an Aboriginal male, standing 5-10. He is slim and was last seen with long black hair. Images of the man were captured after the incident on a surveillance camera at the Rideau Centre.

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At the time he was wearing a light coloured jacket over a hoodie, blue jeans and white sneakers with two stripes on the side. He was carrying a blue backpack.

Investigators searched for the driver all day on Thursday. The driver stopped soon after he hit the cyclist on Laurier Street near Elgin Street at 7:20 a.m., then fled on foot. As of Thursday evening, he still had not been found.

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A witness said a black minivan, which was stopped on the Mackenzie Bridge, had a smashed front windshield and half its bumper missing. Police said the cyclist, a man in his late 50s, who suffered “critical, multi-system trauma and head injuries,” was thrown in the air and landed on the roadway.