Calumet Heights

News

Arrest made after sexual assault in Calumet Heights

Police responded to reports of an ongoing sexual assault and found a person allegedly assaulting and beating a 24-year-old woman. The person was arrested and the victim was taken to Trinity Hospital in fair condition for facial injuries.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Man shot, killed in Calumet Heights

A 24-year-old man was in the 8700 block of South Cregier Avenue about 9:40 p.m. Saturday when two men walked up and shot him dead, police say.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

1 killed, 2 hurt in Calumet Heights crash

The driver of a Hyundai collided with the driver of a Mercedes about 7:45 p.m. at East 88th Street and South Stony Island Avenue, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Chicago firefighter on the scene of house fire in Belmont Cragin in January 2019.

Crime

Man dies in Calumet Heights garage fire

Gilbert Sims was found in the garage after police and firefighters responded to a blaze in the 8900 block of South Essex Avenue around 11:40 p.m., Chicago police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

3 wounded in South Side drive-by shooting, including elderly man

The group were standing on the sidewalk in the 9100 block of South Harper Avenue when someone in a black car that was passing by fired shots around 1:40 a.m.

By Sun-Times Wire

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Crime

3-year-old boy dies after shooting in Calumet Heights home

Laroyce Bolden was shot in his face April 22 in the 8800 block of South Euclid Avenue, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Chicago weekend violence: Two people killed, 18 others wounded, including 3-year-old boy, 6-year-old girl

The children were wounded in neighborhoods on the South Side that bore the brunt of shootings over the weekend and that have recorded more homicides than this time a year ago.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Boy, 3, wounded in shooting at Calumet Heights home

The boy was inside a home in the 8800 block of South Euclid Avenue when he was shot, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Auto parts store manager fatally shoots gunman during robbery in Calumet Heights

The wounded man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died due to his injuries, officials said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Activist Andrew Holmes holds up gun locks Monday in front of a billboard he commissioned to raise awareness of gun safety. The billboard is near 95th Street and Oglesby Avenue on the South Side.

News

Community activist turns attention to safety locks to promote responsible gun ownership

“It’s pretty simple: Children are getting a hold of the guns and shooting themselves or turning it on their brothers and sisters accidentally,” Andrew Holmes said Monday

By Matthew Hendrickson

Margaret Galloway asks children what they’d do to improve their community during a Kwanzaa learning event at the Bronzeville Children’s Museum on 93rd and Stoney Island, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Black History

Families kick off Kwanzaa with children's museum celebration

The Bronzeville Children’s Museum celebrates the start of the seven-day holiday commemorating African American culture by studying the seven principles. First; unity.

By Nader Issa

Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times

Crime

Boy, 17, shot in Calumet Heights

The boy was in a car in the the 8500 block of S. South Chicago Avenue when someone fired shots, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

15-year-old boy shot in Calumet Heights

The teen was in a vehicle about 11:42 a.m. in the 1700 block of East 95th Street when someone opened fire. He was hospitalized in good condition.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Woman charged in shooting that wounded girl, 12, in Calumet Heights

Telisa Pratt, 28, is charged with attempted murder in the Nov. 13 shooting.

By Sun-Times Wire

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News

Concealed carry holder and robber wounded in exchange of gunfire in Calumet Heights

The woman was sitting in a parked car in the 1300 block of East 89th Street when four men approached her, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

News

12-year-old girl shot in Calumet Heights

Police said the girl was shot while walking in the 8900 block of South Chicago Avenue.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Off-duty Chicago cop exchanges gunfire during attempted robbery in Calumet Heights, police say

One of the robbers suffered a gunshot wounded that was not considered life-threatening, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Two teenagers were shot Sept. 6 2022, in Calumet Heights.

Crime

2 teens shot while inside garage in Calumet Heights

A 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in fair condition.

By Sun-Times Wire

Dance

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, long a home for Black dance, comes to the South Side

The company, now 25 years old, has begun offering workshops at the Mayfair Arts Center in Calumet Heights.

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

Seven people were killed including five children in a crash July 31, 2022 in McHenry County.

Crime

3-year-old boy shot inside home in Calumet Heights

About 10:45 a.m., he was inside a home in the 9300 block of South Escanaba Avenue, when he was shot in the back.

By Sun-Times Wire