Abimbola Bim Sheleru

Abimbola “Bim” Sheleru was a 28‑year‑old father whose life was centered on family and community. Known to friends by the nickname “Bim Diggity,” Sheleru grew up on Chicago’s North Side and was described by relatives as a son of a pastor and the father of two children. Those relationships were the truest markers of his life in public accounts: a son in a faith community and a parent whose loss deeply affected his family.

Neighbors and news reports place Sheleru in neighborhoods on the North Side of Chicago, and on November 20, 2016, he died in an act of violence that cut short his years. Public records and contemporaneous reporting note that he was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston and pronounced dead that morning. While those facts are part of the public record, they do not define the whole of who he was. Friends’ use of a warm nickname and family descriptions — including the choice to forgo holiday celebrations after his death — point to the private bonds that mattered most to him and to those who loved him.

Although I could not locate a family‑published obituary or funeral notice matching his name and the exact date of death, multiple established news outlets reported on Sheleru’s life and the circumstances surrounding his death. Those reports also record that he lived close to the Edgewater area and that his family included siblings and young children who survived him. Beyond these verifiable details, public information is limited; there are no reliably published personal essays, extended tributes, or family memoirs available online to expand on his everyday interests, work, or other personal accomplishments.

What remains clear from the available record is that Abimbola Sheleru was a real person who mattered to others: a son in a pastoral family and a father whose absence left a palpable void. This remembrance honors the human relationships recorded in reliable sources and acknowledges the limits of the public record while treating his life with dignity and care.