A 2-year-old boy orphaned after his parents died in a highland park parade shooting

Aiden McCarthy's photo was shared among social media groups in the Chicago area hours after theparade shootingat Highland Park on July 4th. .. -The old man found on the scene, bloody alone, reunited him with his family.

On Tuesday, friends and authorities said the boy's parents Kevin McCarthy (37) and Irina McCarthy (35) were among the seven who were tragically killed. I confirmed.

"At the age of two, Aiden is in an unthinkable place to grow up without parents," said Irina Colon with her family, who reunited with her grandparents on Monday night. I'm writing to theGoFundMeaccount she created for Aiden.

A friend of McCarthys said Irina's parents would take care of the future boy.

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The other four killed were identified 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. I always admired it," Bella said in a short interview.

Chicago's financial adviser, Strauss, was one of the first observers of the parade and attended the parade every year, his grandchildren said.

Brothers Maxwell and Tobias Strauss described their grandfather as a kind and active man who loves walking, cycling and attending community events.

"His way of life, you would think he was still middle-aged," Maxwell Strauss said in an interview.

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The two brothers remembered Sunday night supper with their grandparents as their favorite tradition. They said they ate with him the night before he was killed.

"American gun culture is killing grandparents," Maxwell Strauss said. "It's very terrible."

Meanwhile, Sandheim was revered and "loved" as a lifelong congregation, a staff member of the North Shore Congregation Israel, where she had 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 his 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 number of people gathering and restricted movement, but Xochil Toledo said the family had him alone. I said I don't want to.

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.

According to Dr. Goldstein, his wife recently lost her mother and she was wondering what arrangements would be needed when she died.

He puts her body in the Montrose beach area, saying that enthusiastic birdwatching Catherine wants to cremate. I remembered saying that I wanted to scatter. Chicago, where the bird sanctuary is located.

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