Posted on 07/05/2022 5:39:08 PM PDT by bitt
The slain victims of Monday’s Highland Park parade massacre include a married couple in their 30s who left behind a 2-year-old son – who’d been found under his dead father during the mayhem.
Irina McCarthy, 35, and her husband Kevin McCarthy, 37, were at the parade with their toddler Aiden when a gunman disguised in women’s clothing opened fire on the Fourth of July celebration, turning the typically joyous event into a blood-soaked nightmare, officials said.
The couple were among seven innocent people shot dead during the mayhem.
Their son was discovered under the body of his mortally wounded father by a fleeing passer-by, according to the Daily Beast.
“My boyfriend handed me this little boy and said he was underneath this father who was shot in the leg,” Lauren Silva, 38, recalled. “They were trying to stop the bleeding, so I brought the boy downstairs into the garage.”
“He kept asking if mom and dad are going to come back soon,” she said.
A GoFundMe page has now been set up in the child’s honor by friends of Irina.
“In the aftermath of the Highland Park, IL shootings on July 4, the North Shore community rallied to help a boy who we knew nothing about. We took him to safety under tragic circumstances, came together to locate his grandparents, and prayed for the safety of his family,” the fundraiser states.
“Sadly, I need to share his name…Aiden McCarthy. And he needs more of our help. His parents Irina & Kevin were killed during the July 4 shooting. At two years old, Aiden is left in the unthinkable position; to grow up without his parents.”
The child is currently under the care of Irina’s parents, Misha and Nina Levberg, the fundraiser stated.
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Sad sad. This kid and his dead parents need to adorn the jail cell of the monster who did this. He needs to see and dwell on what he has done. He needs to think on it until they execute him (which will never happen in a “progressive” state”).
Sad.
I wonder if people were actually allowed to defend themselves in Illinois if the body count would not have been as high?
As it was people were sitting ducks.
Highland Park parade shooting suspect Robert Crimo was kicked out of synagogue: report
They’ve raised over 300K so far for the child. Americans are awesome for sure.
From citizenfreepress.com: "Man packing heat stops mass shooting in NYC…"
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/off-duty-correction-officer-hailed-hero-after-shooting-man-who-pointed-gun-crowd
Very sad. Makes you wish Chicago normal folks could carry for self defense. Could have been a very different outcome if several other good folks returned fire at the whackjob.
On a positive note, this loser psycho shooter may have just created Chicago’s very own Batman.
They desperately need one.
If Federal crimes are charged, cant he/she be executed?
Over $1,000,000 now
This little boy will remember his parents and grow up an orphan. May God bless his Grandparents and give them what they need to raise this precious little boy.
The obvious solution is to disarm the people who didn’t do it.
How is that awesome? We’ll be awesome when we stop destroying our brains with pot. We’ll be awesome when we make sure the dangerous mentally ill are treated or confined, and aren’t allowed to buy guns. When we get some sort of working governance and self-governance, when we aren’t losing so many young people to alienation and fantasy worlds.
The orphaned boy is a cute child. He’s got family; he’ll be adopted and loved. Some generous people have paid for his college and therapy, but he’s still an orphan.
Actually it is over 1,000,000 dollars. In 4 hours they raised that. The kid will be set. A trump kid in the making perhaps?
That’s incredible. So glad the kid will have a future now. What happened to him is the worst.
“...when a gunman disguised in women’s clothing...”
This guy was pure evil. His parents and others around him knew it and did nothing but hope someone else dealt with the problem. The scrawny little jack-ass thought he would gain fame and fortune on the Reddit or Twitter threads, and was going to show THEM how bad he was as he opened fire on innocents. He thought he was so smart that he would escape being caught by the cops. He planned this killing. He killed both parents of this little child. May he rot in Hell!
That’s odd. A previous article said that he was wandering around alone.
Their son was discovered under the body of his mortally wounded father by a fleeing passer-by, according to the Daily Beast.
“My boyfriend handed me this little boy and said he was underneath this father who was shot in the leg,” Lauren Silva, 38, recalled. “They were trying to stop the bleeding, so I brought the boy downstairs into the garage.”
“He kept asking if mom and dad are going to come back soon,” she said.
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Wow. Heartbreaking. The dad’s last act was to shield his own son from the killer.
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