Crest Hill Killing Wasn't Intentional, Witnesses Tell Police

JOLIET, IL — The Will County State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow wants to obtain a DNA sample from the 20-year-old Crest Hill resident facing involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with last month's deadly shooting of 16-year-old Trayvon C. Frazier.

The motion filed by Assistant State's Attorney Christopher Koch asks a Will County judge to allow prosecutors to take buccal swabs and palm prints from the defendant, Travion Terrell.

Terrell was released from the Will County Jail one day after his July 15 arrest on a $100,000 personal recognizance bond. Terrell is charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless discharge of a gun and unlawful possession of a weapon without a firearm owners ID card.

The Crest Hill Police Department led the investigation into the July 13 fatal shooting at an apartment complex in the 1700 block of Arbor Lane.

Court documents filed by Koch lay out the prosecution's version of events:

• On July 13, based on witness interviews with Crest Hill police, Terrell had a gun inside an apartment in the 1700 block of Arbor Lane.
• After taking the magazine out of the gun, Terrell pointed the gun at Trayvon and pulled the trigger.
• A projectile struck the 16-year-old, and Trayvon was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Crest Hill officers searched the apartment and recovered a gun.
• The gun was sent to the Illinois State Police Crime Laboratory for DNA testing.
• A vehicle and forensic evidence were recovered during the investigation.

"The State intends to compare the potential DNA evidence with that of the defendant," Koch's motion reads. "Illinois Supreme Court Rule 413 ... permits the court to require the accused to permit to the taking of his blood, hair and other materials of the body which involve no unreasonable intrusion thereof," Koch stated.

Minor-Morris Funeral Home on Joliet's Richards Street handled funeral services for Frazier, who went by "Tray."

"Traveon grew in Joliet, Illinois, and later moved to Jackson, Tennessee. He attended South Side High School in Jackson, Tennessee. He played basketball and football," the obituary states.

According to the conditions of his bail, Terrell cannot possess any dangerous weapons. He is also to remain under house arrest at his apartment complex in Crest Hill, court files show. He can only leave his apartment if it concerns matters of employment, going to church or medical services.