21-Year-old Santino Delgado Shot to Death While Delivering Food

Santino Delgado, a 21-year-old, was shot to death on November 3 while driving in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood alongside his father.

The shooting occurred near Diversey and Kimball as the two were delivering food and trying to earn extra money, according to police.

Family members, friends, and neighbors gathered in Logan Square on Tuesday evening to hold a vigil for Delgado, a young man they described as hardworking and deeply connected to his family. While the investigation remains active, relatives stated they do not believe Delgado was the intended target of the gunfire that erupted from a vehicle pulling alongside them.

“I think that speaks a lot of volume about the type of person Santino was. He worked his regular 9 to 5, and after, was like, ‘Dad, let’s go keep saving money. Let’s go keep earning money,’” said cousin Jazzlyn Ayala.

21-year-old shot to death in front of his father while delivering food in Logan Square, family says — ABC 7 Chicago

Lyanie Gonzalez, Delgado’s sister, shared the painful finality of her last interaction with her brother. “I didn’t realize his last words would be ‘I love you.’ I didn’t know that would be the last time I’d hear his voice,” she said.

Area Five detectives are currently investigating the shooting. As of Tuesday night, no one was in custody, and authorities have encouraged anyone with information regarding the incident to come forward to assist in identifying those responsible.

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The incident has drawn attention from local officials, including 35th Ward Ald. Anthony Quezada, who attended the vigil to stand with the grieving family. Quezada emphasized the need to view Delgado as an individual rather than a statistic, highlighting the personal toll such violence takes on the city.

“Santino is not a statistic. Santino was a family member, a coworker, a fellow student, but more importantly, a human being with a full soul who had fully capacity to love another, and that’s what we’re here to stand up for.”

said Quezada. The alderman said that his office is working with Chicago police to identify those responsible, though the search for the perpetrators continues.

Man killed in shooting in Chicago's Logan Square community — CBS Chicago

While the family seeks justice, they have focused their public statements on preserving the memory of Delgado’s ambition and his desire to support his father. “I want Santino to be remembered as the hardworking young man he was, very humble with a lot of dreams a lot of goals and he wanted to make his dad proud,” Ayala said.

The Chicago Police Department maintains that the investigation remains open, and detectives continue to investigate.

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