Mother of Murdered teen Miguel Delgado wails: ‘Why did he have to kill my son?’ at the Cook County Criminal Court Building - Offender yells back, "Because he was a piece of shit who was shooting at my people!!!!"

The mother of a slain 19-year-old wailed after laying eyes on her son’s alleged killer.

“Why did he have to kill my son?” she cried out Sunday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Just moments before, Manuel Gonzalez’s bond had been set at $1 million in the Wicker Park murder.

Gonzalez, 29, of the 2600 block of North Sacramento, is charged with fatally shooting Miguel Delgado early Saturday in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee, across the street from Nick’s Beer Garden, shortly after closing time about 2:20 a.m., authorities said. Delgado died minutes later.

Gonzalez also is accused of trying to kill two others, a 20-year-old and an 18-year-old, authorities said.

Gonzalez allegedly shot Delgado in the head after he and two others got into an argument with Delgado and two other men “regarding rival gang affiliation,” Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Christina Brewer said in court Sunday.

The verbal argument escalated and Delgado “threw a punch” at one of Gonzalez’s pals, Brewer said. “The defendant pulled out a gun and fatally shot the victim in the head,” she said.

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