15-year-old boy shot to death in Chattanooga identified

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By Beth Burger August 20, 2013 1 min read

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A 15-year-old died today after he was shot once in the back of the head at 1209 Sheridan Avenue early Sunday morning.

Ollie “Trey” Peters was a freshman at Tyner Academy, said Carol Goss, principal.

“We didn’t have very long to get to know him,” she said.

Police responded just before 6:30 a.m. Sunday and found Peters lying in the front yard of a residence. Residents in the neighborhood said on Tuesday that Peters’ family lived in the Eastdale area. They could not be reached for comment.

He is the youngest homicide victim of the year to date. Another high school student, Lamunta Williams, 16, who attended the Howard School, was shot and killed in March.