The Milwaukee community is rallying for justice after 8-year-old King “KJ” Hogan was struck in a hit-and-run while walking home from school on October 14. The Milwaukee Police Department is actively searching for the driver of a gray Jeep Cherokee that hit the young boy at the intersection of 35th and Scott, as reported by WISN. The incident, caught on a Milwaukee County bus surveillance camera, showed one of Hogan’s siblings stating they saw a woman behind the wheel as the car drove off.
FOX6 News shared new video footage from the bus that revealed the moment of the crash. KJ suffered a broken jaw and a swollen face as a result, according to his mother Mildred Boyd. As they crossed the street to catch a bus after school, her older children witnessed the gray SUV look back before the driver fled the scene, running a red light and continuing on despite hitting a child.
Mildred Boyd, a school bus driver herself, felt her world tilt upon seeing her son injured. “When I saw him, I nearly broke down crying because my son’s face really did look like someone hit him with a brick; he was very unrecognizable, very unrecognizable,” Boyd told WISN. A lengthy and costly recovery lies ahead for KJ, whose mouth is currently wired shut, with medical appointments stretching into December…