Jersey City,NJ : Family and friends of deaf man killed in crash call for teens to surrender on January, Wednesday 24th 2018

Umar King had a big heart, vibrant personality and loved basketball, especially his idol, LeBron James.

But on Wednesday night, his family and friends were still trying to piece together how the 33-year-old, who was deaf and volunteered as a sign language teacher at the Bethune Center, could die such a violent death.

King was on his way home from his overnight job at FedEx on Tuesday morning when he was struck by a stolen SUV that was being chased by Hudson County Sheriff's officers on Kennedy Boulevard. He had just gotten off the No. 1 bus and was waiting to catch a southbound No. 10 bus home.

The SUV plowed through the bus stop, throwing King down the block. The teens allegedly responsible ran right by King's body on the sidewalk. They have yet to be apprehended.

"I just don't really know how to feel right now," his younger brother Raheem said tonight before a vigil at the spot where King was killed. "I lost a brother, my only brother."

Raheem King said he cried watching the graphic video of his brother's death. The crash happened so fast, but the fact that his brother was deaf and would not be able to hear police pursing the stolen SUV meant it would be even harder for King to react, he said.

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Family and friends of deaf man killed in crash call for teens to surrender