Travon Freeman was 17 when he was shot and killed on a Monday morning while riding his new bicycle to EPIC Academy. Officers found him around 8:30 a.m. in the bushes in the 8300 block of South Baker Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds, his bike nearby and wearing his school lanyard. Investigators recovered at least 21 shell casings and later recovered a black Hyundai Sonata a few blocks away that police believe was tied to the attack and to an earlier expressway shooting that same morning. The Cook County medical examiner identified him and memorial listings give his date of death as September 29, 2025.

School officials described Freeman as a high-achieving senior enrolled in all Advanced Placement courses and a candidate for student council president. According to those officials, two people confronted him near the school, robbed him of his backpack, and shot him; friends said he had looped the block one last time before heading inside. Initial witness accounts conflicted on the number of attackers and exact actions: one witness said three people in ski masks stood over Freeman and fired before fleeing in a black car, another report said two suspects approached and opened fire about a block from the school. As of late September and into October, police had not announced any arrests and detectives were continuing their investigation.

Did anyone in the South Chicago area see a black Hyundai Sonata or recall the events that morning near EPIC Academy?