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Irina and Kevin McCarthy are depicted along with the other five victims at a memorial near the Central Avenue site, July 7, 2022, three days after the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park
Aiden McCarthy’s grandparents are fighting over who should become permanent guardian of the 3-year-old orphan. His parents, Irina and Kevin McCarthy, were among seven people killed when a gunman opened fire during the parade.for Aiden McCarthy raised $3.3 million, which has been put in a court-ordered trust, to go for his care and upbringing. Chicago Trust Co. will administer the trust, and attorneys for the parties involved already have made more than $75,000 in fees from it.
Advocates for the implementation of metal detectors and other security systems for schools in the Highland Park school district sit in the first row of seats during a District 11 board meeting on May 30, 2023.There has been division among people in the community about how far school security measures should go after an instance of mass violence in the town, and after an April 4 scare and lockdown when a student allegedly brought a gun to Highland Park High School.
Robert E. Crimo III, leaves after his third hearing in Lake County court, May 9, 2023, in Waukegan. Crimo III is accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park.
Map showing locations of mass shootings in Illinois since the Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooting a year ago.There have been 54 mass shootings in Illinois in the past year, resulting in 50 deaths and 225 injuries, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as four or more people shot in a single event, not including the gunman.
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