Brooklyn Driver Faces Homicide Charges After Hit-and-Run.

Surveillance footage showed Spencer leave.

Spencer was looking for parking when he backed into Liebenberg as she crossed Pacific Street in a crosswalk, the report says. Footage from the nearby Kingsborough Houses showed him get out, look at her, return to the car and drive away.

The crash record places the collision at Pacific Street and Buffalo Avenue at 2:50 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2022, and lists one pedestrian killed.

Liebenberg's family described a long recovery.

Liebenberg grew up in a small town in North Carolina and was working her “dream job” as an architect, her sister Creecy Richardson-Creef had previously told The News.

After the crash, Liebenberg suffered severe and permanent brain damage and could no longer speak, communicate or walk unassisted. Her family moved her between facilities specializing in brain injuries. She underwent three consecutive brain surgeries and died 16 months after the crash, the report says.

Richardson-Creef said, “My mom and I were with her on her last day and she went peacefully.” She added, “It was the first time I had felt any peace in 500 days.”

The official record gives a broad vehicle type.

The report identifies the car as Spencer's; the crash record lists a 2008 vehicle in its combined “Station Wagon/Sport Utility Vehicle” category.

The charges changed after Liebenberg died.

Police caught up with Spencer in February 2023 and initially charged him with assault, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident involving an injury. After Liebenberg's death, police rearrested him and charged him with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and failure to exercise due care, the report says.

After an arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court, Spencer was held on $10,000 cash bail or a $20,000 bond, which he posted, the report says.