India, Nov. 1 -- A corner store cat, known as KitKat, died after being hit late Monday night near Randa's Market on 16th Street. Initial eyewitness claims said a Waymo car was involved. On Thursday evening, the company confirmed the vehicle had been present.

In its statement, Waymo said the vehicle had been stopped to pick up passengers when the bodega cat "darted under our vehicle as it was pulling away."

The company expressed, "our deepest sympathies to the cat's owner and the community who knew and loved him," and added it would make a donation to a local animal-rights organization in his honor.

Residents and store customers say KitKat was a grey tabby who had lived at Randa's for six years and was "widely adored" as a fixture of th...