Roanoke County police investigating a hit and run that killed a jogger last week have found a Jeep that they're calling a "vehicle of interest."

Earlier today, the police asked for help from the public in finding a white 1998 Jeep Wrangler with Virginia license plates. By mid-afternoon, they said they had located the vehicle but weren't providing any more details about how or where they found it.

Authorities said in a news release that "the vehicle is only considered of interest in the investigation."

They did not elaborate or say whether the tips were generated by a traffic checkpoint this morning. Police stopped drivers and asked for information on the death of Thomas Farrell.

Sgt. Tim Wyatt said after the checkpoint — but before today’s press release went out — that police still had no strong suspect in the investigation, which he estimated had produced well over 100 tips and maybe 200.

Farrell, a 49-year-old lawyer, was struck Jan. 28 while running along Springlawn Avenue near Cave Spring Elementary School. Crews were called about 5:45 a.m. after a neighborhood resident found his body in the street.

From 5 until 6 this morning, officers stopped cars at Springlawn Avenue and Ranchcrest Drive and handed drivers a flier asking them to call if they had information on the hit and run.

Police were hoping to encounter people who pass the area every weekday morning as part of a routine and who might have seen something the morning Farrell was killed. Officers set up a similar checkpoint the morning after the accident.

Officers manning the checkpoints also were on the lookout for suspicious behavior by drivers and other signs such as dents or other damage to their vehicles, Wyatt said.

A police affidavit filed in court says that Farrell’s injuries suggested "he had been struck by a vehicle with a larger higher body style consistent with a truck or sports utility vehicle."

Wyatt declined to say whether police discovered fragments of a vehicle or other evidence that pointed to a particular vehicle or type of vehicle.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police at 562-3266.