A two-year-old boy found bloodied and alone during the Highland Park shooting and lifted from underneath his father is an orphan after both his parents were killed in the attack.
Aiden McCarthy lost his mother, Irina McCarthy, and father, Kevin McCarthy, after being separated from them during the chaos of Monday’s shooting.
Aiden was found by Lauren Silva, 38, and her boyfriend, who said the toddler kept asking ‘are mom and dad coming back soon?’
Aiden was unharmed and has been placed in the care of his grandparents, Misha and Nina Levebeg.
A GoFundMe page was established to help Aiden’s family with ‘raising, caring for and supporting’ him. The account had raised nearly $2 million as of Wednesday.
The largest donation in the last few hours is a $10,000 contribution from an anonymous source. Most of the other high contributors are also anonymous. The page has garnered more than 20,000 contributors.
Eight people were killed and 47 more were injured after 21-year-old shooter Robert Crimo, 22, opened fire on the Independence Day parade with an AR-15-style weapon.
On Tuesday, Lake County State Attorney Eric Rinehart said Crimo had been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. He said ‘dozens’ more charges would follow and he hopes to send Crimo to prison for life.