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CHICAGO<\/strong> – The Pilsen<\/a> community came together Tuesday to remember a beloved neighbor who was killed in one of Chicago’s many weekend shootings<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Pedro Toledo, who was known affectionately as “Pepe,” was unhoused and lived on the streets in Pilsen.\u00a0<\/p>\n There, community members say he was a positive light, and always greeted them with a smile.<\/p>\n Over Labor Day Weekend, however, Toledo was the victim of a shooting that unfolded near 17th\u00a0Street and Wolcott.<\/p>\n Neighbors believe he was not the intended target and instead was caught in the crossfire.<\/p>\n On Tuesday evening, community members gathered to honor Toledo’s life and to pray the rosary in his memory. On the corner of 17th\u00a0and Wolcott, where they gathered, a memorial is growing larger with flowers and candles.<\/p>\n Those who knew Toledo shared that he was a friendly face in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n “I grew up and he was always around; he was very sweet. Everyone in my family knew him,” said Kimberly Chilchoa, who left a bouquet of flowers at Toledo’s memorial on Tuesday. “He was a very happy guy, cheerful guy, very polite, even if he didn’t know you, he would still wave hi.”<\/p>\n “I want him to be remembered as a very kind person, very respectful,” said Juanita Romero, who was friends with Toledo. “He was a very humble person. Sometimes we would give him sweaters, hats, scarves, and he wouldn’t take it. He would tell me, ‘No Bebe, it’s not cold.’ And I go, ‘Yes, it is cold, it’s cold,’ and he goes, ‘No, thank you, I’m not cold.'”<\/p>\n Toledo lost his life during a violent weekend in the city, where police said eight people were killed and at least 50 others were injured across 37 shootings<\/a>.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Friends have started a GoFundMe<\/a> account in hopes to cover Toledo’s funeral expenses. Additionally, they’d like to commission a local mural in his memory.<\/p>\n Any leftover funds received will be donated to a Pilsen food pantry in Toledo’s name.<\/p>\n News<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Pilsen<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO – The Pilsen community came together Tuesday to remember a beloved neighbor who was killed in one…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,6082,5386,1818,50,65061,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-195984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-illinois","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-pilsen","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115138662620998253","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}