Aiden McCarthy's photo was shared with a social media group in the Chicago area hours after the parade shooting at Highland Park on July 4, identifying a two-year-old child found. A plea was attached to do so. He became bloody on the scene and reunited him with his family alone.
On Tuesday, friends and authorities confirmed that the boy's parents Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35, were among the seven who were tragically killed. did.
"At the age of two, Aiden is in an unthinkable position, to grow up without parents," said Aiden, who reunited with her family and her grandparents on Monday night. I wrote Irina Colon in the GoFundMe account I created for.
A friend of McCarthys said Irina's parents would take care of the future boy.
The other four killed were identified on Tuesday as Catherine Goldstein, 64 years old. Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63; Steven Strauss, 88; and Nicholas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78. All victims came from Highland Park, with the exception of Toledo-Zaragoza, who was visiting families in the city from Morelos, Mexico.
Authorities have not yet identified a seventh victim.
On Tuesday, portraits of those who died began to appear as investigators continued to look for evidence that killed at least seven people and injured 30.
Irina McCarthy's childhood friends Angela Bella and McCarthy explained that she was a fun and friendly, "slightly tomboy" and she still likes to wear nice dresses.
"She definitely had her own style and I always respected her," Bella said in her short interview.
Chicago's financial adviser, Strauss, was one of the first observers of the parade and attended every year, his grandson said. He loved walking, cycling and attending local events.
"You would think his way of life was still middle-aged," Maxwell Strauss said in an interview.
The two brothers remembered Sunday night supper with their grandparents as their favorite tradition. To him the night before he was killed.
"American gun culture is killing grandparents," Maxwell Strauss said. "It's very terrible."
Meanwhile, Sondheim was respected as a lifelong congregation and "beloved" staff member of the North Shore Congregation Israel, where she worked for decades. Said the reform synagogue on its website. Sondheim taught at a synagogue kindergarten and coordinated events such as Bar and Bat Mitzwah rituals.
"Jackie's work, kindness, and warmth impressed us all," the synagogue leaders wrote a message on their website. "There aren't enough words to describe the depth of our sadness for Jackie's death and our sympathy for her family and loved ones."
Toledo-Zaragoza is a 23-year-old granddaughter. One Xochil Toledo was killed for saying that it was "a terrifying nightmare for all of us" and "a fun family day."
On the GoFundMe page for collecting funeral expenses in Toledo, Xochil Toledo said her grandfather was "a loving person, creative, adventurous, and entertaining."
"As a family, we are broken and numb," she said.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Toledo Zaragoza came to Illinois to visit her family about two months ago. His family wanted him to stay forever because he was hit by a car and injured when he visited Highland Park a few years ago. Newspapers reported that he was hit by three bullets on Monday and died on the scene.
I wasn't sure if I wanted to attend the parade because I had to use a walker because of the large crowd and restricted movement, but Xochil Toledo wanted his family to leave him alone. Said not.
Her husband, Catherine Goldstein, described her as a carefree travel companion who was always playing games to visit her distant places.
"She didn't complain," Craig Goldstein told The New York Times. "She was always riding with me."
Goldstein was the mother of her two daughters in her early twenties, Kathy and Alana. She attended the parade with her eldest daughter so that Kathy could reunite with her high school friends, hospital doctor Craig Goldstein told the newspaper.
Dr. Goldstein said his wife recently lost her mother and pondered what arrangements would be needed when she died.
He said enthusiastic birdwatcher Catherine wanted to cremate her body in the Montrose Beach area of Chicago, where her bird sanctuary is located. I remembered.
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Schulte reported by Omaha, Nebraska. A barbarian reported by Chicago. Venhuizen was reported by Madison, Wisconsin. The Associated Press reporter Christopher Weber contributed from Los Angeles.