JUSTICE FOR MAT
Mat George death LIVE: LAPD hunt driver after co-host Michaela Okland says She Rates Dog podcaster killed in hit-and-run
Updated: 20:12 ET, Jul 18 2021
POLICE are hunting for the driver involved in a hit and run that killed beloved podcaster Mat George in Los Angeles on Saturday.
The Los Angeles Police Department is offering a $50,000 reward for any information leading to the identity of the driver.
She Rates Dogs podcaster Mat George, 26, was struck and killed in around 2:30AM on Saturday when a driver of a white BMW rammed into him and fled the scene.
His co-star Michaela Okland made the announcement on Twitter.
Mat George, co-host of the hit podcast “She Rates Dogs,” was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Los Angeles this weekend, his colleague Michaela Okland confirmed.
Okland, who co-hosts the podcast alongside George, shared the devastating news on Twitter on Saturday.
“I would rather you guys here this from me than a news article. Mat was killed in a hit and run last night,” she wrote. “I don’t really have any other words right now. I wish I could contact everybody who knows him personally but the news is already out and I just can’t do it right now.”
Mat George, co-host of the
She Rates Dogs podcast, has passed away after being involved in a hit-and-run incident in Los Angeles early Saturday morning, CBS Los Angeles reports. He was 26.
George was walking in an unmarked crosswalk in the neighborhood of Beverly Grove at about 2:20 a.m. when he was struck by a white BMW before driving away.
She Rates Dogs podcast co-host Michaela Okland confirmed his death via Twitter. “I would rather you guys here this from me than a news article. Mat was killed in a hit and run,” she wrote. “I don’t really have any other words right now. I wish I could contact everybody who knows him personally but the news is already out and I just can’t do it right now.”