A South Bend man has been charged in connection with the hit-and-run death of a longtime local priest.

Shad Jeffrey faces one count of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. Investigators say he was behind the wheel of the vehicle that struck Father Jan Klimczyk, 67, on State Road 2 near the U.S. 20 bypass on Monday night.

Court documents say surveillance cams caught the license plate of a pick-up truck driven by Jeffrey and took him into custody on Tuesday evening.

They say It appeared somebody had tried to clean the vehicle.

Jeffrey’s daughter told police he called her and told her he hit a bicycle, stopped and didn’t see a person, so he left.

She says when he later learned of the hit-and-run death he thought it was his collision.