West Palm Beach Police Search For Hit & Run Driver Who Killed Pub Worker

Connor Blais Killed By Hit & Run Driver

Photo: CBS 12

Sad times at O'Shea's Irish Pub in West Palm Beach where a member of the staff is dead.

Police say 28-year-old Connor Blais was killed while riding his electric scooter home from a shift at the bar early Monday morning. They say a driver struck him and fled the scene.

Manager Jake Stanton spoke with CBS 12 News.

"Before I left here around midnight I said 'Bye, I'll see you tomorrow.' And I wake up this morning and he's not here. It's very very sad."

He describes Blais as a "ball of fun," saying everyone loved him.

"People are speechless, in a dark place. (They) don't know what to do, whether to be upset, whether to remember his good times and a have a laugh and a joke. It's kind of mixed emotions here right now."

The man had worked at the pub for about a year and a half.

Stanton urges the driver to come forward. Police are doing the same.

Investigators believe the suspect vehicle may have damage to its front end or passenger side as a result of the collision.

Police want to hear from anyone who may have doorbell cam video from the area of South Olive Avenue in the Southend neighborhood.


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