LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is once again calling for stricter DUI penalties -- this time following the death of a 12-year-old boy.

Oh’Ryan Brooks, 27, faces DUI and reckless driving-related charges after the deadly crash on Oct. 3. Brooks was driving an SUV near Owens Avenue and 21st Street when he struck Cristofer Suarez and then drove off, police said.

Suarez, who was walking to school at the time of the crash, later died from his injuries, his family confirmed.

Brooks told officers he had inhaled THC from a vape pen between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. as he was getting children ready for school, and again shortly before an officer arrived at his complex, because “he knew he was going to jail,” according to an arrest report.

“Donna and I were heartbroken to learn o

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