A 27-year-old Chicago man was found inside a garage in Calumet City early Sunday morning after officers responded to a report of a fight and a male gunshot victim. Treniel Davis was pronounced dead at 2:33 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, which ruled his cause of death multiple gunshot wounds.
Officers Found Davis in the Garage After Reports of a Fight
According to the Chicago Tribune, Calumet City police officers responded at 2:15 a.m. Sunday to a report of a fight and a male gunshot victim at a home in the 1800 block of State Street. When they arrived, officers found Davis in the home's garage. He was pronounced dead at 2:33 a.m.
Davis, who was from Chicago, died from multiple gunshot wounds. The circumstances that led up to the shooting, and what the reported fight had to do with it, have not been detailed by authorities.
Task Force Now Involved, No Suspect Named
Calumet City police and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are investigating the shooting.
Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call 708-868-2500. Investigators have not released a motive or said whether the fight reported to dispatchers directly involved Davis.
Latest in a String of Deadly Shootings in the Suburb
Davis's death adds to a string of homicides that have unfolded in the small south suburb in recent years. Earlier this year, 24-year-old Shaunathan R. Johnson Jr., also of Chicago, was shot and killed in Calumet City on May 26, according to a separate Chicago Tribune report. In 2024, a 23-year-old pizza delivery driver, Steven Cotner, was fatally shot during a robbery while out on a delivery run, as reported by ABC7 Chicago.
Other recent cases in the city include the death of a 57-year-old man found with a gunshot wound to the torso, according to the Northwest Indiana Times, and a double shooting that left one man dead and another in critical condition, as detailed by FOX 32 Chicago. In 2019, 32-year-old South Holland father Desmond Stewart was fatally shot on the streets of Calumet City, with the Chicago Sun-Times reporting that officers found him unresponsive in the 300 block of Oglesby Avenue after responding to gunfire around 9:55 p.m.
As of now, no updates have been released on the Davis investigation beyond the initial police response. Anyone with information is urged to reach out to Calumet City authorities at the number above as the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force continues working the case.
