Evanston police chief: Curt's Cafe Colored Student 20-year-old Bejamin "Bo" Mandujano-Bradford killed in possible 'illicit arrangement' - Can you say DRUG DEALER?

Evanston police are looking into the possibility that 20-year-old Bejamin "Bo" Mandujano-Bradford was involved in an "illicit arrangement" when he was shot to death Jan. 19 on the 1300 block of Darrow Avenue, the city's police chief said Tuesday.

Working with investigators from the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force, Evanston detectives are pursuing leads that the victim was "in the midst of an illicit arrangement to take delivery of something and things went poorly," Evanston police Chief Richard Eddington said.

Police declined to give further details on the "illicit arrangement."

The shooting jolted the tight knit community around Curt's Cafe, a unique nonprofit program in Evanston which gives at-risk youth and young ex-offenders like Mandujano-Bradford a chance to learn food service skills in one of its two cafes.

Madujano-Bradford had just passed his food service examination the day of the shooting. He had made inquiries about a job that would allow him to mentor other young people on lessons he had learned. The day after his death, a notice went out confirming that he had been accepted into a culinary skills program at Oakton Community College, said Q. Ibraheem, the corporate executive chef in the Curt's program.

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