Silverio Villegas González, who was killed by a federal immigration agent earlier this month, was honored Wednesday at a mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Melrose Park.

Attendees prayed for the family of the Mexican immigrant and his community as they mourned Villegas González’s death.

Parishioners at the western suburban church were joined by the Villegas González family and friends, spiritual organizations — the Scalabrinian Lay Missionaries and the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership – and community members.

Villegas González was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Franklin Park on Sept. 12. According to officials, he’d attempted to flee a traffic stop and struck an officer with his car.

Churchgoer Conchis Peña attended the

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