Loved ones remember young man gunned down at his home: "All this violence really needs to stop"

MILWAUKEE -- A murderer is on the run -- and a victim's family is looking for answers. 31-year-old Travis Williams was gunned down on Saturday, April 30th near 64th and Bobolink, and his loved ones now want to know why a disagreement had to escalate, and a life had to be lost.

"All this violence just really needs to stop. It`s sad," Cheridy Marshall said.

Marshall is the mother of Travis Williams' child.

"My baby hurt. I have to be strong though," Marshall said.

Marshall and others who knew and loved Williams were overcome with emotion after learning the man was gunned down at his home on Saturday evening.

"He loved his daddy so much. He was a good father. He always took care of my other kids. I`m going to miss him," Marshall said.

Travis Williams was a father of four, and loved by many.

"It hurts so bad. My brother is gone. I ain`t going to hear his voice. I aint going to see him smile," Diamond Williams, Travis Williams' sister said.

"He was joyful person. A happy boy. Strong-hearted. He kept a smile and he was always trying to learn. He was always trying to evolve himself. Whoever did this -- you took a good man. You took a spirited person," Lester Washington, Travis Williams' father said.

Loved ones said Williams was shot during a disagreement with someone he knew.

"I miss him so much right now. I feel his spirit -- but God gave him a better place. But we know this much -- Milwaukee police going to take care of their business. I have faith in them," Washington said.

As police seek the shooter, and family members encourage that person to turn themselves in, a vigil was held in Williams' honor on Sunday evening at 64th and Bobolink.

This was the 39th homicide in Milwaukee in 2016.

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