After Parents Were Killed in Highland Park, 2-Year-Old Told Grandfather 'Mommy and Daddy Are Coming Soon'

Aiden was not injured, but bullets struck both of his parents,Irina and Kevin McCarthy. Kevin had used his body to shield his son from the bullets.

In another part of the city, Aiden’s grandfather Michael Levberg heard about what happened at the parade. Soon, he received some devastating news.

When Levberg was reunited with his grandson, the boy looked at him and said, “Mommy and Daddy are coming soon.”

Levberg says that Kevin McCarthy died while shielding his son from the bullets. “He had Aiden under his body when he was shot,” he says.

Irina and Kevin McCarthy.gofundme

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While authorities figure out the charges against the suspect, a community is rallying around Aiden.

AGoFundMepage created to assist Aiden’s “long road ahead” in the aftermath of the tragedy has now raised more than $2 million for the family.

source: people.com