For Immediate Release

April 21, 2025

Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson today announced felony charges against a Kansas City man in connection with what surveillance video shows was a deliberate fatal hit and run incident last week. 

Anthony Milligan faces 2nd Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action. *

According to court records, Kansas City police were dispatched near the 3700 block of East 51st Street on April 17 regarding a hit and run and found the victim in the street. He was transported to an area hospital and pronounced deceased a short time later. 

The defendant called police shortly after the incident and said he ran over the victim with his car. He claimed the victim robbed him the previous day and he believed the victim was trying to rob him again. The defendant said the victim was pulling on his vehicle’s door handles, so he attempted to reverse his vehicle and accidentally ran over the victim.  

Surveillance video showed the victim walking into a parking lot toward the defendant who was in his vehicle. As soon as the victim walked to the front of the vehicle, the defendant drove forward at the victim. The victim backed away onto a median on the street, and the vehicle drove onto the median at him. The video shows the defendant repeatedly driving at the victim as he tried to escape. When the victim attempted to take shelter in the grass, the defendant ran over the curb onto the grass and accelerated, striking the victim with the front of his vehicle. The footage shows the victim going under the vehicle and being dragged. 

The defendant is being held on a $250,000 bond.

*Charges are only accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the defendant is either found guilty or pleads guilty.

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Media Contact: 

Jazzlyn Johnson

Director of Communications 

Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office 

415 E 12th Street

Kansas City, MO - 64106

(816) 929-1289 

jazzlyn.johnson@jacksongov.org 

https://www.jacksoncountyprosecutor.com