Mahoning coroner IDs body found on East Side

February 15, 2017 at 4:03p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Coroner’s office has identified the person who was found shot to death Tuesday in a heavily wooded area of the East Side.

The coroner’s office said Savon Williams, 17, of Caledonia Street, was shot several times and the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.

Williams had been missing since Thursday. His mother filed a missing person’s report with police Friday.

Williams’ death is the third homicide in the city in 2017.