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A high school student in Southern California was killed on Sunday after a suspected drunk driver hit him, according to police.
The Manhattan Beach Police Department said that officers arrested 33-year-old Jenia Belt on suspicion of DUI and murder at 12:46 a.m. on Sunday, after an individual was found lying in the street next to a car. According to Fox 11, the victim was identified as Braun Levi, an 18-year-old student at Loyola High School who was just one month away from graduation. He had planned to attend the University of Virginia after graduation.
Police are holding Belt without bail.
Levi was a senior at Loyola High School, where he was set to graduate in June. He was a four-year varsity starter on the high school tennis team and is considered “one of the most accomplished student-athletes in program history” after winning a league championship on April 29, according to a social media post by the Catholic Jesuit school.

Braun was a senior at Loyola High School. (@braun.levi/Instagram)
Braun’s friends showered his Instagram page with touching messages after he died.
“Anyone who got to know you knows how lucky they are. You never met a stranger, and left an impact on everyone you met. I’m going to live and love as big as you every day. You watch the fam from heaven, and I’ll keep an eye on them down here. Shotgun one for me up in heaven. Love you Brauny,” one person wrote.
Loyola High School principal Jamal Adams spoke highly of Braun in a message to staff and students Sunday.

Braun was set to attend the University of Virginia after graduation. (@braun.levi/Instagram)
“Braun was a shining presence in our Loyola family…bringing light, joy, and inspiration to everyone he touched,” Adams wrote.
A prayer vigil was held on Sunday evening in remembrance of Braun.