John "Johnny" J. Garza, age 35

Lost to gun violence on July 4, 2019 in Maywood, Illinois.

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  • Nickname:
    5 Johnson
    3 I Miss you punk!!! Always Amor!!
    2 Not a day goes by we think of u!!!!
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    2 fun good heart party time
    1 Awesome brother
    1 awesome father loved all his children
    1 Loving son ❤❤❤
    1 da greatest person you will ever meet
    1 has da bigest heart always took care of his family
  • Occupation:
    3 Full time Dad!
    1 Loving son and brother too
    1 a great man
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  • Comments:
    4 Rip Johnny your missed
    3 It will never get better!!!
    4 💔💔💔💔💔
    2 rest in paradise cuz I live you sooo much ♥️
    1 This what happen whwn i think bout you, 💔
    2 rest easy now cuz ♥ i loved ya johnny♥!
    2 I will always love you baby and miss you so much
    1 love you your mom 💔💔💔💔💔
    1 rest easy...Johnny....missed not forgotten 💔
    2 i love you brother i cant believe your gone. i dont wanna believe it! i still cant!
    1 Love you always and forvevr Johnny ❤️💔
    1 i love you so much big brother
    1 I miss you like crazy Johnny!
    1 thinking of you all the time. I love you cuz ♥️♥️
    2 thinking of you baby 💔💔💔
    1 missing you so much Johnny my heart if forever broken love mom
    1 THERE WILL BE JUSTICE!!!! I PROMISE
    1 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
    1 love you cuzooo ♥️♥️ see you at the crossroads
    2 posted this once it disappeared hmmm love you Jo I will get justice
    1 heart broken 💔😭😭😭
    1 Thinking about you just like everyday I love and miss you 💔💔💔💔💔
    1 I miss you every day! I can't sleep good anymore 😭😭😭
    1 Missing you 💔💔💔💔 Love mom
    4 You are my ❤❤❤ u gave me my little heart I never thought I would ever loose you I'm torn
    1 watching da bears with you Jo ❤❤💔💔
    2 My heart is shattered 💔💔💔💔
    1 missing you so much 💔💔💔😭😭😭😭
    1 Man Jo I'm missing you so much it hurts so bad 💔😭💔🤣
    1 I love you and miss you so so much, love mom
    1 Thinking of you as always I miss you so much Jo
    1 Missing you so much I am so lost without you 💔💔
    1 💔💔💔💔 it will never be ok!
    1 ❤❤💔💔😢😢😭😭
    1 I remember you would always say chillin like a villian Jo. I fukn miss you Johnny. 💔💔
    1 Some one has to pay for this it's been way too long! An yet nothing from Maywood!!!
    1 Johnny Scimone cried to Sunflower today! All the way home! dam we miss you like crazy!!!
    1 Miss you so much ❤❤❤💔💔💔
    1 love you and thinking of you I got this
    2 Missing you so much I love you💔💔💔😪😪😪 please give me strength
    1 I know you are with me today but I miss you baby
    1 Man baby it's been a hard few days I love you and miss you so much
    1 Miss you Jo it's been 4 months since you left me
    3 I will never let this go I never gave up on you ...
    1 Bears won for you baby ❤❤💔💔😥😥
    2 At least I light a candle for you every day baby I love you and miss you
    1 💔💔💔💔💕💕💕💕😥😥😥😥
    1 I miss you so much baby it hurts
    1 I got to see Lily today it made me so happy
    1 I love you baby tomorrow is going to be so hard without you here but I know you will be in spirit
    1 Man Jo I hate living without you here fuck everything
    1 5 months today and it isn't getting any better baby 😭😭
    1 Miss you baby💔💔💔
    2 Giving our daughter a bath last night smiling laughs just like u we miss you
    1 it's a sin you're gone they will pay for it
    1 You always said to me when I look @ Juliana you will forever see me 💔
    1 its killing me I will never see or hear from you again that's what is a knife to my heart 💔
    2 Had a dream of you last night you were smiling sun was shining asking for your kids💖
    1 All that matters is you were happy 😁💖💖💖💖
    1 juliana says she misses you daddy she wish she can sing the cowboy song w u
    2 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭juliana
    1 Juliana sent the last message before she went to sleep last 🌙 she really misses you
    2 Today Juliana asked me mommy is daddy coming back...😢😠😠😠God do I wish i can bring you back.
    1 I Miss you soooooooooo much ❤❤❤ My ❤
    1 Merry Christmas baby I miss and love you SO MUCH💔💔😭😭
    1 Today will not be the same without you
    2 😭😭😭💔💔💔
    2 Merry Christmas Johnny ❤hurts the most u didn't dip this year w me u dipped forever 💔
    1 Just can't believe you are gone baby I can't be happy I'm so broken without you 💔💔💔
    2 Never gave up I would never let u down 😘😘😘😁My ❤soon my love
    1 Justice is on its way Johnny my 💓is broken soon u will rest
    1 U knew I never gave up on u I need more dreams cupcake 💓💔🤞💯
    1 Juliana sleeping w her arms in the air over her head
    1 Our baby girl sleeping just like you with her beautiful eyes open beautiful eye lashes
    1 i always loved your eyebrows
    1 Happy New Year's Johnny's Masks off baby 2020 ❤you Johnny 4 ever my ❤
    1 I cried all day 2 day Johnny after your family party this year I won't receive a call 2 dip w u 💔
    1 Glad you were here with us tonight you will always be with me
    1 I love and miss you so much Jo 💔💔💔💔
    2 No One knows but you and I do finally you will be able to rest soon my ❤promise that on everything
    2 I really don't know how they live with themselves 4 what they've done
    1 I've been tearing on and off these past few days
    2 i love u Jhonnys its always was Me You and jimmy ik u watching over us LLKJ👑☘
    2 We was with u every day jhonny w.e it was right or wrong we always had each other back ☘👑
    1 Just had the most craziest dream with u in the liquor store
    1 I love you my brother 💙 always in my heart
    1 We celebrated the kids birthdays today and everyone that matters was there
    1 I know you were with us because you made sure a certain other person was there too I love you baby
    1 Juliana missing my daddy💔🖤🖤🖤😠😠😠😢
    1 I miss you so much my ❤is broken I died w you Johnny why ??? why Johnny?
    1 My beautiful face always loved your beautiful smile eyes
    1 missing you baby I love you 💔😢
    2 i miss u brother and i wish i can sit there and we can somke together and get shit off are chest
    1 sharing your memories u forever millions of memories I 4 ever 💘 u Johnny we miss u
    1 💔💔💔💔 miss you so much 😭😢💔 I love you
    2 love you so much
    1 I fucking miss you so much
    1 Never ever thought in a million years 7 months not hearing u call me
    1 Miss your voice eyes lips nose your hugs most of all your 💘 I really died w you
    1 My mind still talks 2u my ❤still looks 4 u my soul knows your@peace I know you r with me 4 ever
    1 crazy dream 2day of u your grandma whole family never dreamed of that
    1 If i had 1 wish it would be 4 you to be here I'd run far away like you wanted us to
    1 missing you so much Johnny life really sucks without you here 💔💔💔💔😥😥😥😥😓😓😓😓
    1 Last Valentine's day 😃on your face juliana
    1 Oooooh God do I miss you xoxxoxoxxo
    1 Happy Valentine's Day Jo I love you ❤❤💔💔
    1 Happy Valentine's day cupcake 4 ever in my ❤love u w all my ❤
    1 sugar pie honey bunch u know that i 💘 u can't help myself 💘 u
    1 Miss u so much my 💔is broken in a million pieces mote ways then 1
    2 im so sorry your gone I'm sorry i didn't make it in time I'm sorry i didn't take u away from it all
    1 I pray your children if u any feel my daughter's pain
    1 thinking about you as always I love and miss you so much 💔💔💔😭😭😭
    1 DINGGLE BERRIES! Not a day goes by we dont tell stories about our days together! 💔💔
    1 Cant wait to see you again!! 💔💔💔
    1 Thinking of you put up your St Paddys stuff 💔💔🍀☘
    1 Happy St. Patrick's Day Jo I'm making you corned beef 🍀🍀🍀
    1 baby I love and miss you so much
    1 Hey my brother I miss you so much. you are always on my mind
    2 Miss you 💔💔❤❤😢😢
    1 Juliana
    1 We miss you so much love juliana mommy 💔💔💔❤
    1 💔💔💔😭😭😭 missing you so much
    1 Hope an pray Niko came straight to you!!! xoxoxo
    1 Things only got worse since u been gone! Not a day goes by me an the boys wish u were here!
    1 Niko took a turn for the worse! It happened so fast Johnny I'm so sick over him!😥
    1 9 months ago you left me and I will never be the same I love you Jo 💔💔
    1 love you Jo 💔💔💔😢😢
    1 💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭🐰🐇🐣🐤🐥
    1 Baby I miss you so much I can't believe you are not here with me 💔💔💔 my heart hurts so bad
    1 I love and miss you the days are getting harder the closer it gets to ur bday💔
    1 I ❤you forever... Jai FOREVER
    1 Happy 4.20 Jo ❤❤
    1 💔💔😣😣😘😘
    1 there is not a day goes by that I don't😢I miss you w all my ❤love u Johnny
    1 I know how u felt to be without me I'm dying with out you My cupcake I'm sorry
    1 JOHNNY😭💔Your birthday is coming up I will not get your phone call 4 me to come dip w me💔
    1 I miss you so much more then you'll ever know my ❤is so 💔BM Trina I ❤U always
    1 I died with you it will NEVER EVER be the same my ❤
    1 Everyday I look @Our baby girl I see u 💯A piece of you w me FOREVER
    1 I can't breathe jo I am broken
    1 this pain is unbearable baby I miss you so fucking much
    1 NO ONE will ever feel my pain NO ONE!
    1 💔💔💔💔
    1 U gave me the most amazing life Our little girl she is just like you ❤I miss u
    1 36 in a few more days thought we'd be 2 gether FOREVER not even a phone call 😭Is the hardest
    1 No matter what u visited me even in my dreams i know u love me I love you 4 ever
    1 I don't have to go see you u see me I love you with all my ❤johnny miss u so much
    1 I NEVER gave up I will continue this 1 I won't let go ❤u Johnny w all my ❤
    1 Some things u don't let go I never let go of you
    1 Miss you so much Jo 💔💔😭😭
    1 ❤❤😘😭💔🍀
    1 😪❤😪💔
    1 Missing you so much Jo I can't do this anymore my heart is shattered 💔💔💔
    1 Love you 💔💔
    1 Can't do this anymore Jo you thought I would get over losing you hell no I'm broken
    1 I'm dying without you here I love you so much 💔💔💔💔
    1 Love you 😘😘😘
    1 ❤️u so much ❤️u 4 the most beautiful baby girl we made 2gether
    1 A year is almost here without u your voice your touch
    1 Wish you were here daddy to celebrate my birthday I ❤️u
    1 Love you so much and miss you more 💔💔😪😪
    1 Happy father's day Jo
    1 I'm so lost without you baby 💔 I have no heart anymore
    1 Happy Father's Day my beautiful son
    1 i miss you so much Johnny u came in my dreams again
    1 you were so happy beautiful smile swung me around ❤️
    1 my heart forever u stay with juliana
    1 😢😢😢😢😢I miss you JAI 4 ever
    1 i miss you johnson ❤️🙁
    1 i cant wait to see you again
    1 💔💔💔💔😪😪😪😪
    3 sum times lil emilio will look up and just start laughing like crazy ik its u brother
    1 i miss u like ckarzy but just know we aint forget about u yo name will live forever LLKJ🍀👑
    1 1 year since the last time I saw your beautiful face💔💔💔
    1 this is killing me Jo 😭😭😭😭😭
    1 Had the best dream the other night with you 💔
    1 I got to hug and kiss you 😘 love you Jo
    1 Been on my mind alot today, I miss you so much 😘💔😘💔
    1 love you Jo and miss you so much
    1 Today is a hard day 💔💔😭😭
    1 missing you so much baby I love you so much
    1 love you Johnny for ever ❤️
    1 Jo, I miss you so much I love you
    1 love and miss you baby 💔💔❤❤😘😘😪😪
    1 love you Juliana❤️
    1 Missing you so much Jo I love you so much 💔💔💔😪😪😪
    1 I love you baby I'm going to take you to the ocean 💔😪
    1 little brother
    1 love u brother one day we goin to fill 6th and lake streets with hella fire ball shots
    1 missing you so much Jo 💔💔💔
    1 no one forgot about u brother the kids are hopyfully comein over we love u johnny
    1 Missing you 💔💔💔😪😪😪
    1 Miss you Jo life is not the same without you 💔💔💔 love you
    1 no one will ever forget about u brother yo name will live forever🍀👑
    1 baby emilio stills looks up and smiles ik its u brother we miss u
    2 i fckin miss u johnny there no fckin way i can talk to u i miss u so much
    1 missing you so much Jo I love you 😘💔
    2 love u johnny just want to let u know emilio is getin so big he walkin all around upstairs
    1 we miss u and love u johnny
    2 Been on my mind so much Jo it's coming close I feel it 🙏💔😩
    1 i miss u johnny so much shit kills me everyday why tf was it you we need you out here
    1 we finally put a big ass bottle of fireball by yo pics instead of all da henny 😂we miss u 💔
    1 Not a day goes by i don't think about u miss you so much Trina we love you
    1 shit not fair why the fck was it u i need u brother
    2 i miss u johnny
    1 we all miss u brother
    1 love never dies I died with you Trina ❤4 ever in my ❤
    1 love you think of u every day almost 2 years of not being able to hear your voice❤u
    1 I miss you so much no one will ever know u were my bestfriend my ❤💔Trina
    1 I had a dream of u never forget u I miss you so much❤Trina its harder every day
    1 it will never be the same never another you
    1 is it to late to say that im sorry cause im missing more then your body happy birthday Johnny❤u
    1 Thinking of you Jo just like every day Happy heavenly birthday baby I miss you so much 😘❤
    1 I miss you so much baby I just don't want to be here no more
    1 It’s been a while but
    1 No no forgot about u u always be in with use watching over yo name still lives on brother I promise
    1 we miss u brother we was lit tho for your b day brother
    1 2 years why why
    1 i love u and miss u johnny
    1 i miss u so much 2 fckin years why brother
    1 💔💔💔💔💔💔😢😢😢😢😢😢
    1 2 years why u brother why this shit hurts more and more
    1 bro thus just feel unreal wish u can txt back
    1 Today is da day nothing is da same without u we need u
    1 love u brother
    1 miss u like crazky
    1 too bad the people that know won't talk 😔😢💔
    2 love u johnny
    1 miss u and love u johnny
    1 miss u
    2 went to a big ass farm this week felt like knox
    1 i miss u so much johnny i think about you everday
    1 I miss you!! 🤟🏼
    1 missing you 😢
    1 Love you Jo 😍 💗
    1 today is really hard 😪 I miss you so much 💔
    1 Miss u John so fckin much my bday soon getting drunk for both of us
    1 woke up missin u johnny thus shit is crazy u still gone
    1 I miss you so much baby I don't want to live no more 💔
    1 im 20 today brother i miss u brother
    1 miss u brother still thinking about u everyday
    1 ik know u watching over us brother we always goin to stand behide yo name no matter what
    1 we love u and miss u everyday LLKJ
    1 happy Thanksgiving brother love u so much and i miss u like crazky it been to long LLKJ
    1 Thinking of you baby I love you so much
    1 Another new year without your call at midnight, baby I miss you so much 💓
    1 Please come visit me in my dreams 💔
    2 I look at your last picture and see my beautiful baby so tired I'm so sorry I couldn't save you 💔
    1 happy new year cuzo i love and miss u so much.
    1 Another year without u this shit crazy we miss
    1 Happy new year brother amor
    1 Happy new year Johnny I love you🤞🏼🥺 wish you were here with us .
    1 happy New Year punk ass! another year without you I miss you like crazy
    1 Not a day goes by I don't cry or think of you I miss you Trina 🙏
    1 Missing you 😢 I hope you know how much 💔💔😢😢
    1 Miss u Johnny
    1 Missing you 😢
    1 It just keeps getting harder 😔
    1 Always remember. I’ll never forget 💙
    1 missing you 😢 I love you Jo 💔
    1 miss u Johnny trm we out here for yo bday I love u brother LLKJ🍀👑
    1 damn I miss u so much I wish u was here with us I got my first home Johnny
    1 u should be here with me smoke in and chilling this killes me that u missing everything
    1 my son's are huge both of them u would laugh yo ass off u see Emilio he a character we all miss u
    1 Happy birthday Johnny. Love you forever and always. Hope you’re celebrating in heaven!
    1 I remember holding you in my arms 38 years ago Jo I miss you so fucking much 💔
    1 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNNY
    1 miss u Johnny got drunk asf in the new house it hurts not havein u here
    1 about to take a fire ball shit love u brother
    1 da day is coming so fast I can't fckin believe u really not here I miss u everyday
    1 Happy Father's Day Jo I miss you so much ❤️ 💔
    1 miss you more than you will ever know 😢you are my heart JAI
    1 I'm so lost without u brother everyone lies and laughs right in yo face u was da realest always
    1 I wish I can talk to you one last time I'm so hurt rn I just need u
    1 miss u brother it's crazy how much changed since u been gone nothing feels right anymore
    1 I love u and miss u Johnny LLKJ 👑🍀
    1 love u brother 2 more days I miss u everyday
    1 one more I miss u so fckin much this ain't right I just want to stay drunk and not think about shit
    1 I wish this was just all a dream shit hurts so much I need u brother
    1 I can still see your smile and picture you sum times
    1 Dem flashbacks hurt da most 😢😞
    2 LLKJ 👑🍀
    1 miss u brother 5 mins
    1 love u forever JOHNNY we miss u like it just happened no one will ever forget u
    1 Man baby I dread this day 😩 I miss you so much my heart hurts 💔 I can't breathe without you
    1 love you Johnny forever Trina
    1 Love u brother we was out there for u LLKJ👑 🍀
    1 miss u Johnny at work thinking about you man shit never gets easier
    4 love u Johnny
    1 miss u brother
    1 wish u was here rn I got alot of shit on my mind lately idk how much longer I can ho
    1 remember telling me that I would get over it if anything happened to you?
    1 guess what? no I won't I miss you so fucking much
    1 I keep thinking that this is a horrible nightmare and I will wake up one day but I know it's not 😪
    1 it is a nightmare and I won't wake up
    1 I miss you baby so much I will never be the same
    1 I love you Jo I miss you so much ❤️
    1 miss u so much still LLKJ 4L
    1 my boy just cut all his hair off after 2 years damn u should of been there
    1 all the shit u missing i need u so much and it hurts
    1 your kids are huge like u lol damn brother this aint right
    1 miss u alot shit was so ckrazy tonight but i made it home thx johnny love u so much
    2 LLKJ
    1 Getting close to finding out Jo! I love you 💓 and miss you so fucking much
    1 damn brother ik u still around Johnny
    1 ik u said to hold on to her but its over forever im sorry i let u down brother
    2 i let her go forever i hope u understand and not Dispointed
    1 i wish u answer one day
    1 Finding shit out baby I don't stop looking for answers
    1 miss u johnny
    1 im so alone brother i wish u was here to somke with me
    1 love you with all my heart and soul ♥️ I'm so broken 💔
    1 she left me forever Johnny ik the pain of love now 💯👑
    1 i miss u and wish u was here feels like im drowning
    1 i try to keep a smile on my face but im so depressed i wish u was here
    2 i just need u rn u was such a big part in many lives
    2 i love Johnny im always got u and untill we met again pls watch over me
    2 LLKJ👑
    3 she been gone a whole month now we was both so wrong about her shelike everyone else
    1 He's watching over all of us that love him
    1 I promise I will find out who did this until my last breath Jo
    1 I missed your call 📞 today, another year without you 💔 😢 it breaks my heart
    1 i love you brotha with my whole heart❗️ your very missed down here keep watching over us💔
    1 happy Thanksgiving brother I love u and miss u like crazy ☘️👑
    1 I'm so alone now days without I feel no propose in life
    1 I just wish u was here to help me with all this I'm so lost
    1 love u johnny I'm still out here for u I promise this is until I die brother AMOR 🍀👑
    1 I miss u so fckin much I'm so fcked up rn in my life idk what I'm doing anymore
    1 damn another year I miss u so much everyday
    1 Another year starting without you I hate it I miss you so much ❤️
    1 love u johnny shit been crazy lately ik u got us
    1 miss u so much just need to smoke with u been to long
    1 Miss you daddy
    1 love u brother watch over me brother forever JOHNNY world 👑🍀
    1 I need u so bad rn brother I'm just.lost rn I'm so hurt everyday I try to hide it but I can't
    1 pls give me something that u still here bc I'm fckin broken rn 💔
    1 I have no one I bottle all this up I feel so hopeless I feel weak
    1 love you Jo 😍 miss you more than anything 😘
    1 pls protect jimmy uk he don't deserve this
    1 miss u johnny so much everyday
    2 man baby shit is crazy right now, please watch over your brother 🙏
    2 miss u johnny everything so fcked rn wish u was here help us
    1 Miss you Johnny. Hope your watching over us❤️
    1 I know you would be so proud of how far we came. Wish u was here 💔
    1 Emilio is 3 now and leo is 1. Wish u could meet them. Emilio a character.
    2 damn your bday here man I miss u so much
    1 damn I miss u gkang it still hurts so much I still miss u u was wrong we loved u so much
    1 I love u and miss u every day 👑🍀
    1 miss u gkang been to long brother
    1 watch over jimmy brother he like u
    1 happy father's day brother u are truly missed man LLKJ
    1 hope u doin ok up there it been crazy lately wish I can just hear u
    1 👑🍀
    1 miss u so much man
    1 another year mf why why so fckin long
    1 I miss u so fckin much every day
    1 damn I miss the old days everything so different now
    1 miss u brother I think about u everyday man
    1 damn u was right brother this ppl ain't cut like us out here
    1 I love u brother forever everyday for 4 years I think about u I wish u was here man
    1 I need help in life I'm so twisted and I don't know what way to step
    1 damn Johnny this pain never gets better I look up wish u was here
    1 damn another bday u miss
    1 love u I made it to 22
    1 LLKJ MISS U ITS BEEN A MINUTE
    1 happy Halloween brother miss u
    1 never forget u brother
    1 3 boys now man wish u was here man
    2 he is here brother 8 pounds
    1 miss u brother wish u was here
    1 love u Johnny I'm still here brother
    1 love u brother everyday man 💔
    1 I miss u fckin much man
    1 it's been so long
    1 why would u leave us
    1 I miss u every day u hurt me every day
    1 wtf johnny this all I got now of u why why
    1 happy new year and Christmas johnny miss u
    1 miss u love u
    1 happy new year
    1 love u you brother
    2 miss u Johnny put some candles on your corner love u brother
    2 My baby I can't even begin to explain how much you are missed 💔
    2 we still thinking about you evryday
    2 LLKJ💔💔💔
    2 sorry for your lost juliana
    1 love u soo much ❤️
    1 Thinking of u 4/17/24 u should be here. I think about u all the time.
    1 love u hope it true pls so me
    1 any sgin brother pls

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