An online fundraiser raised over $2.5 million this Wednesday (6) to help a two-year-old boy who lost his family in a shooting near Chicago on Monday (4), according to the campaign website.
Irina and Kevin McCarthy, 35 and 37, were watching the July 4th parade in Highland Park, when a man opened fire in public from the roof of a commercial establishment.
In the midst of the panic, the villagers caught up with Aiden and took him to safety.
He was later picked up by his grandparents, according to officials who confirmed on Tuesday that the boy’s parents were among the seven killed in the attack.
Robert Crimo, 21, fired indiscriminately into the crowd with a semi-automatic rifle. He also injured more than 30 people.
He was arrested a few hours later on Monday. If you’re charged with murder, you could go to jail for life.
The fundraiser, which started Tuesday on the participating website GoFundMe, was set at $500,000. On Wednesday afternoon, it exceeded US$2.5 million with the contribution of 46,000 donors.
One of them was millionaire William Ackman, who donated $18,000, according to the site.
On the day of the tragedy, Ackman criticized the authorities on his Twitter account, accusing them of not taking action in the face of firearm attacks. On Tuesday, she retweeted a photo of the boy.
source: Noticias
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