Rogelio Villegas, 24

Jan. 1, 2019

Rogelio Villegas, a 24-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Dec. 22, after being shot in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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I just want to ask everyone a moment of silnces plz i wsd told that my lil homies got shot and i just am just getting back from my man's funeral and i get approach my a other homeboy letting me now that 2 of r lil homies just went down they had just got shot several times and that one mite already passaway .This is so shocking for me i lose my boyfriend on dec 5 18. And after we come back from funeral 2 lil homies get killed wtf is going on that people r just killing innocents that r not doing nothing to nobody. Y is it that we can just stop the gang violence plz its already to much shit going on. Will this goes to my lil homie bullet man homie i just want to say that u r always to be remember by me and the rest of the homies that kicked together at the spot that u and the lil toby get called to go on a trip with god and help him . because he needed u 2 help him more than anything but i just i fucking miss all 3 of u guys and love u guys alot forever and ever on my ❤ guys . Antil we meet each other again.

— Maria Mercado Sept. 2, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.