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In the aftermath of the latest mass shooting in America, tens of thousands of people have donated to eight online fundraisers set up to help victims and their families.
On Monday, a gunman perched on a rooftop fatally shot seven people attending a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, wounding dozens more. Robert “Bobby” Crimo, 21, now stands charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder over the senseless rampage.
One of the littlest survivors, 2-year-old Aiden McCarthy, narrowly avoided death thanks to his father, who shielded the boy with his own body. But Kevin McCarthy, 37, would not be as lucky. He and Aiden’s mom, 35-year-old Irina, both died in the hail of semi-automatic rifle fire that turned a celebratory day into a horrific crime scene.