A doting grandfather who immigrated from Mexico to give his family a better life and two parents on a fun outing with their toddler were among the seven people shot and killed last year at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
Empty chairs and an American flag blanket lie on the ground after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb, July 4, 2022.
Backes spoke glowingly of her "dear friend Katie G.," describing her as an "extraordinary person" and "everyone's best friend" who was "always around for her kids." "She would cook meals that were so adventurous and fun," said Backes, who spotted a recipe notebook on the kitchen counter when she visited the Goldstein home Tuesday. In it was a list of new recipes Goldstein had planned to try, including a Middle Eastern dish with za'atar spice.
"Every time I tried to ask him what his name was, the response he gave to me was, 'Mama, Dada come get me soon. Mommy's car come to get me soon,'" Dana Ring recalled in an interview with ABC News. "My dad was just very much a Highland Parker," another son, Peter Straus, told the Tribune. "He lived here, and unfortunately he died here."
"There are no words sufficient to express the depth of our grief for Jacki's death and sympathy for her family and loved ones," the synagogue said.Nicolas Toledo, one of the victims in the shooting at the 4th of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, is pictured in an undated family photo.Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza was one of the slain victims from the parade, according to his family.
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