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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I didn’t know that.
Is it regarded as difficult to obtain?
“Is it regarded as difficult to obtain?”
It’s not difficult, just time consuming and expensive. By the time you’re done it’s over $300 or so. Mrs L and I have had ours for years.
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Or do him like what the English did to William Wallace.
Drag him naked behind a horse, hang him til near death, castrate him, disembowel him, decapitate him, and quarter him.
“The State won’t execute him...”
But hopefully the general population in prison will.
After Dahmer that doesn’t happen much anymore. Not even Chris Watts who deserves it as much as anyone has been killed. They protect these types very well.
Pretty sad when the criminals have a better sense of justice than our courts and legislatures.
How long should red flag restrictions last and who should make that decision? Should it be a permanent ban on weapons ownership? Should a judge be able to order that through just a hearing?
All of that should have been a red flag. But is wasn’t.
He triggered a red flag in 2019 and had close to 20 knives and daggers confiscated for six months.
People might think I’m jesting but I’m serious,
It’s becoming more and more apparent to me long jail sentences or even life doesn’t have enough deterrence. Especially when life involves color tv, 3 meals a day, air conditioning , an hour exercise a day, access to reading materials and companionship. With no requirement to work.
I’m afraid pain needs to be brought back into the equation.
Praying for that child and his future. God bless him. Meanwhile, I hope Satan is preparing a special place in his burn pit for this killer.
Any word on the survivors from last week’s Chicago shootings?
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