Authorities are searching for persons of interest after a hit-and-run killed a pedestrian near an elementary school in Paulding County Sunday night.

Joshua Oscar Smith, 19, was struck and killed by a passing vehicle near Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary School on Holly Springs Road, the Paulding County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.

The Georgia State Patrol and Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the people shown in photos they provided and said they are persons of interest.

Anyone with information is asked to call 404-546-2644.

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Investigators are hoping someone will recognize the man