Irina (35) and Kevin (37) died at the hands of Robert Crimo (21). The couple left behind a two-year-old son, Aiden, who was left in the care of his grandparents.
A two-year-old boy was orphaned after his mother and father were killed in the US Independence Day shooting.
Irina McCarthy, 35, and Kevin McCarthy (37) were two of the seven victims of the Highland Park massacre.just outside of Chicago.
According to CBS News In the midst of the commotion, little Aiden, who was saved unharmed, ended up separated from his parents.
Although a woman took it, she would not have been in a position to care for a minor.
For this reason, according to the aforementioned medium, a couple decided to take care of him.
Dana and Greg Ring told the network that the woman was “trembling, her whole body, which told us she shouldn’t be taking care of a little one at the same time.”
“We take the little one. I put him in my arms”, Greg recalled, that when he decided to start looking for the minor’s parents he saw what happened.
Finally the Rings went to a firefighter company when in doubt as to whether or not they could take care of a minor without finding their parents.
A police officer picked up the boy and took him to a hospital, where his grandparents were, who will take care of him..
At the close of this edition a page of GoFundMe in memory of their parents and to support the child’s upbringing, it has been running for just over three hours and has already accumulated US$666,102 in donations ($634.9 million).
“At two years old, Aiden was left in an unthinkable position, growing up without his parents,” the profile says.
Independence Day shooting in Chicago
Robert Crimo was arrested on suspicion of being the culprit of the shooting that also left 30 wounded.
According to the background, the 21-year-old he planned the attack for weeks and decided to disguise himself as a woman so as not to arouse suspicion.
“He was carrying a high-powered rifle to the parade, he accessed the roof of a store through the fire escape. After this he began to open fire on the innocent people attending the celebration for Independence Day, ”said Christopher Covelli, deputy director of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, on Tuesday.
Several authorities had attended the parade, including the governor of Illinois, Democrat Jay Robert “JB” Pritzker, and legislator Brad Schnider, also a Democrat.
Highland Park is a residential area with about 30 thousand inhabitants.