A Chicago man was fatally shot after his child’s mother allegedly called out his enemies and shared his location on Facebook.
On Sunday afternoon (March 17), Chicago Police Department officials were called to the 4200 block of North Kimball Avenue, where two men approached 25-year-old Bernardo Romero, who was sitting on a front porch in the Irving Park neighborhood. At around 1:23 p.m., police said the two men confronted Romero on foot and shortly after, they pulled out their guns.
Police said the young Chicago man was shot five times in the chest. The shooters then fled from the scene on foot before driving away in a white SUV. Following the shooting, the Chicago man was rushed to Illinois Masonic Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The Chicago man was later identified as Bernardo Romero once at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. As of Monday (March 18), no arrests have been made in the shooting, but an investigation has been launched. According to police, they are unclear as to what led to the shooting, however, social media detectives have since alleged that the Chicago man’s child’s mother set him up.
According to a viral post on Facebook, a woman who goes by both Marleny Janet and Marleny Romero posted, “My bd (baby daddy) got the weakest opps (enemies). He just keep coming home alive and untouched. Ain’t he snitch on half of y’all? Ain’t he ‘rob’ half of y’all? Anyways, he is not located in 4250 N Kimball. I repeat he is not.”
Trying to piece things together, social media began alleging that Marleny doxxed her child’s father, by sharing his location on Facebook, ultimately resulting in his death. Further investigation shows that the woman, who also goes by Marleny Janet online, was arrested on Sunday, August 27, 2023, for a domestic altercation.
According to Chicago Police Department records a 26-year-old woman named Marlene Janet Benitez was arrested on August 27 for Domestic Battery/Bodily Harm. She was then released on August 28. Social media users have since alleged that Marleny and Bernardo have been experiencing ongoing domestic violence; and that she even allegedly stabbed her child’s father, leading to the arrest previously mentioned. Marleny has since deactivated her Facebook page, but before this, other users alleged that she first began deleting photos of her child’s father.
Since the fatal shooting of the Chicago man, his parents have both taken to Facebook to share a message informing the public of their son’s death and asking for help with the funeral expenses. The message, translated from Spanish, reads: “We want to inform you of the passing of my son Bernardo Romero. Any help that you want to give us for the funeral expenses, to me and my family in these difficult times we are going through, you can send to the Zelle of Jose Manuel Romero.”
The message continues to offer a phone number to send the money to, and then concludes by saying, “We want to thank you in advance for your consideration and support in such a difficult time for our family.”
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