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In this image take from a security camera, pedestrians scatter as a car drives along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles on Saturday.
By Gil Aegerter and Hasani Gittens, NBC News
A hit-and-run driver plowed into pedestrians walking along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring 11 other people, fire officials and police said.
The deceased victim was identified Sunday morning as Alice Gruppioni, 32, of Italy, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office officials told NBCLosAngeles.com.
Later Sunday, an LAPD spokeswoman said that 35-year-old Nathan Campbell, of L.A., had been arrested and charged with one count of murder. His bail was set at $1 million, although it was unclear what motive, if any, the man may have had, officials said.
The driver had fled the scene in a dark-colored sedan, police said.?Security camera video captured a dark-colored car speeding off the boardwalk as people scrambled out of the way.?
The incident happened around 6 p.m. PT at the end of Dudley Avenue, where it intersects Ocean Front Walk just before the beach.
Twelve people were injured, and one of them later died. Nine others?were hospitalized and two received minor injuries, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey told NBCLosAngeles.com.
The injured were "all believed to have been pedestrians on the boardwalk," according to a?tweet from the LAFD.
Witnesses told NBCLA that the driver of the car ? described as a 2008 to 2010 black or dark blue Dodge Avenger ? seemed to purposely aim at pedestrians as he swerved on and off the curb.
"The vehicle appeared to be moving purposefully down the boardwalk, according to witnesses," Humphrey?told the Los Angeles Times.?
The Venice Beach boardwalk is one of Southern California?s main visitor attractions, featuring hundreds of street vendors, performers, beachgoers and tourists on the crowded stretch of galleries, restaurants and tattoo shops.
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