FERGUSON, Mo. — The family of Ferguson Police Officer Travis Brown, who suffered a serious brain injury when he was knocked to the ground during an Aug. 9 protest, said he will be leaving the hospital Tuesday.
A member of Brown's family told 5 On Your Side that he will be escorted from the hospital to a rehab facility, where he will continue his treatment.
In a Facebook post, the Ferguson Police Department said the escort travel from St. Louis University Hospital on Grand Avenue and go west on Interstate 64/Highway 40 to Spirit Airport in Chesterfield.
"All are welcome to join us at any point along the route (safely) to show your support for TJ as he begins this next part of his recovery journey," the department said in the post.
They are scheduled to leave the hospital at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Pat Washington with the Ferguson Police Department thanked everyone for their continued support.
"We've always known that TJ’s recovery was going to be a journey. So knowing that he is taking the steps and is going on to the next phase of this journey and that he's strong enough and stable enough to do that is just so exciting," Washington said.
Support for the family has already come in many forms from yard signs to fundraisers and even t-shirt sales.
Mattingly's Embroidery started making TJ Strong shirts shortly after the incident.
"It thrills me to know that he's made such progress and that the community still is supporting him through this whole thing," Mattingly's Embroidery Co-Owner Dorris Finnegan said.
Finnegan said they're going to keep selling shirts as long as they can.
"Their life has been shattered, not in the most terrible way, but still it's shattered and they will need some more help along the way," Finnegan said.
You can purchase a shirt in person and online; more information is available here.
Elijah Gantt, the man accused of shoving Brown, was indicted by a grand jury on Sept. 4 with first-degree assault of a police officer and multiple counts of fourth-degree assault of other police officers in connection with the chaotic end to a day of protesting to mark the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown's death.
According to charging documents and video released in the days after the incident, a few people damaged the fence at the police station in the late night hours of Aug. 10, causing police to step in and make arrests. The grand jury indictment alleges Gantt kicked six different police officers while trying to evade arrest. While fleeing police, he allegedly "charged" Brown, knocking him to the ground and leaving him with a serious brain injury.