Giovanni Galindo / Photo from Dignity Memorial
BY MICHAEL LANSU AND KALEY FOWLER
Homicide Watch Chicago
Giovanni Galindo always put his two daughters first.
“As a father, he was just very dependable,” said Karina Rea, the mother of Galindo’s two daughters. “He always put his daughters first.”
Galindo, 24, was shot to death about 5:10 p.m. Sept. 5 in a residential area near Midway International Airport.
Police found Galindo, 24, shot in the head in the 6200 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue, authorities said.
Galindo, of the 10300 block of South Karlov Avenue in Oak Lawn, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Rea, who met Galindo at Louis Pasteur Elementary on the Southwest Side, described him as a “very smart electronics-type guy” who “was very determined all the time.”
“Whatever he wanted, he always got,” Rea said.
When he wasn’t supporting his two daughters, ages 3 and 4, he enjoyed listening to rap music, she said.
“He loved music,” Rea said. “He was a go-to guy to put in people’s stereo systems.”
Rea added that Galindo would always make people laugh.
“He was kind-spirited and really loved his family,” said a friend, who is not being named because she is a minor. “He just wanted to support his two daughters.”