Travon S. Overton was 16 when his body was found fatally shot in a Milwaukee alley on October 13, 2016. His body was discovered at about 10:30 a.m. wedged between a residential garage and garbage containers in the 200 block of North 38th Street near West Park Hill Avenue on the city’s west side. Investigators noted a gunshot wound and photographs showed what appeared to be a bullet hole in the garage wall, but police did not immediately establish where the fatal shot had been fired.

Travon attended North Division High School and was living with his grandfather, Derrick Laymond, who said Travon had a difficult childhood and had been separated from his parents. Laymond expressed doubt that the alley was the scene of the shooting and suggested the body might have been moved, while acknowledging police had given the family little information. Police classified the death as a homicide, were seeking motive and suspects, and had not publicly identified anyone in custody.

Travon’s killing was counted as Milwaukee’s 106th homicide of 2016. If anyone knew Travon or saw anything in that area on October 13, 2016, contact investigators with information.