PHILADELPHIA - A suspect wanted in connection to a hit-and-run crash that killed an 8-year-old boy who witnesses say was walking home from school with his mother in Strawberry Mansion turned himself in on Sunday.
According to investigators, 21-year-old Khadeir Harris was allegedly inside a speeding SUV on Huntingdon Street around 4 p.m.
Monday when the vehicle hit 8-year-old Ja-Kha House near the intersection of 33rd Street. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESPhiladelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters that House's body was launched about 25 feet into the air and landed on the sidewalk.
He was taken to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children where he died around 5 p.m. A witness said the boy was coming home from school and was with his.