Highland Park, Illinois – 4 of July parade mass shooting

What was supposed to be a patriotic celebration turned into a day of tragedy and fear when a gunman killed seven people and injured dozens more at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois.

Now, yet another community in America is grieving the loss of family and friends.

Among those killed are the parents of a 2-year-old boy, two beloved grandfathers and a lifelong synagogue member. Irina and Kevin McCarthy, ages 35 and 37, were identified by the Lake County Coroner’s Office. Their son, Aiden, was found alive and taken to safety in the aftermath of the violence.

Katherine Goldstein, 64, of Highland Park; Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63, of Highland Park; Stephen Straus, 88, of Highland Park; and Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78, of Morelos, Mexico, and Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, of Waukegan were the five other victims identified. In total, about 45 people were injured or killed in the shooting, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.