Family Mourns 21-Year-Old Man Killed In Logan Square Drive-By: ‘Senseless Loss’
Sarah Lopez is a real estate reporter with a keen interest in affordable housing issues. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has worked with local publications covering housing trends and community development.
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LOGAN SQUARE — Chicagoans are raising money to support the family of a 21-year-old man killed in a drive-by shooting in Avondale Tuesday. Santino Delgado, 21, was in a car stopped in traffic with his father while out delivering for Uber Eats in the 3400 block of West Diversey Avenue at 9:52 p.m. Tuesday when a white SUV pulled up next to their vehicle, and someone inside opened fire, according to police and his cousin, Jazmin Delgado. Santino Delgado was fatally shot in the back; Delgado s father was not injured, police said. The white SUV fled the scene southbound on Central Park Avenue, police said. No one had been arrested or charged as of Thursday afternoon, and police are investigating. Delgado was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in serious condition, where he was later died, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner s Office. Delgado was a son, cousin, nephew and brother who enjoyed playing soccer and football and spending time with his cousins, fam