Aurelio Guzman Jr. was killed in the early morning of Oct. 31 in the 9900 block of South Avenue G.
At a Saturday vigil in a nearly empty Calumet Park, friends and family toasted to the life of Aurelio Guzman Jr. with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. The sweet treat had been a favorite of the 16-year-old gun violence victim, who went by “Junior.” Guzman was killed in the early morning of Oct. 31 in the 9900 block of South Avenue G, in the East Side neighborhood. He died at Trinity Hospital following a single gunshot wound below his ear, according to police. “I loved my son.
” Addressing nearly 30 mourners in Spanish and English, Salazar referred to gun violence in Chicago as a second pandemic, following COVID-19. Guzman is one of 55 kids age 17 and younger who have been shot to death in Chicago since the start of the year. Two other teenagers were killed by gunfire in the same police district as Guzman on the weekend of Oct. 31. “My heart is heavier every day,” Salazar said.
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