Colorado Springs man sentenced for deadly hit-and-run, using child as human shield

Colorado Springs man sentenced for deadly hit-and-run, using child as human shield

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A Colorado Springs man accused of killing a pedestrian in a hit-and-run last March and then using a child as a human shield to avoid arrest has been sentenced. Dominic Rodriguez was handed eight years in the Department of Corrections (DOC), plus three years of mandatory parole for leaving the scene of a crash that killed 28-year-old Patrick McCarthy. He also received six years in DOC with two years of mandatory p…