Community members participate in vigil for Fito The murder of Ignacio Celed ó n, known to his friends as Fito, has spurred memorials, vigils and a community meeting to address safety in the neighborhood. Last night, a few dozen community members and friends of Fito gathered for a silent vigil around the spontaneous memorial set […]
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In Berkeley slaying, victim defended fiancée
Amber Nelson and Adolfo Ignacio Celedon. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, the 35-year-old Chilean man who was shot and killed during a robbery in south Berkeley on Sept. 12, died as he tried to protect his fiancée, according to an article by Henry Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle. When two men jumped out of […]
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Berkeley slaying victim was planning to marry
Adolfo Ignacio Celedon. The 35-year-old man who was shot and killed Sunday night while walking home from a party was a Chilean native who planned to marry his American fiancée next year. Adolfo Ignacio Celedón had moved to Berkeley in February to be with his fiancée, a graduate student in architecture at UC Berkeley, according to […]
