The National Day Laborer Organizing Network is hosting Friday's 6 p.m. event at 1625 Mountain Avenue in memory of the man who died.

Roberto Carlos Montoya ran from a Home Depot in Monrovia, about 20 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began the operation Thursday morning, Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik said in a statement.

Hundreds of people gathered Friday night in Monrovia, California, at a vigil for Carlos Roberto Montoya, who was struck and killed by an SUV after running onto the 210 Freeway while trying to flee U.S.

Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez was hit by a car on the 210 Freeway in Monrovia as he was allegedly running from an ICE raid at a nearby Home Depot. The Department of Homeland Security said agents weren't chasing him.

The man ran from the scene, crossed Evergreen Avenue and entered the eastbound 210 Freeway, said Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik. CHP officers said they received a report just before 10 a.m. that someone had been hit by a SUV on the freeway near Myrtle Avenue.

The City of Monrovia said a man was hit and killed on the 210 Freeway after he ran from an immigration operation at a local Home Depot.

Carlos Roberto Montoya was pronounced dead at the hospital. Dozens of people gathered for a vigil on Friday at the Home Depot where the raid happened.