Crime & Safety

Police Identify 16-Year-Old Who Was Fatally Shot

A landscaper told a home owner she needed to come home right away because a body was found lodged between her garbage can and her garage. ​

MILWAUKEE -- Police have determined that a 16-year-old boy's death was a homicide after his body was found in an alley on Milwaukee's west side.

Police are reporting that 16-year-old Travon Overton was shot and killed near 38th and Park Hill Rd. around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 13.

According to a CBS 58 reportAccording to a CBS 58 reportAccording to a CBS 58 report, the owner of the home where the body was found said her landscaper told her she needed to come home right away because a body was found lodged between her garbage can and her garage .

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According to the report, his body was found between a garage and trash cans. A bullet hole is visible in the side of the garage.

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