{"id":1540394,"date":"2022-07-05T18:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T22:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540394"},"modified":"2022-07-05T18:49:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T22:49:14","slug":"highland-park-death-toll-rises-to-7-officials-release-victims-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/highland-park-death-toll-rises-to-7-officials-release-victims-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Highland Park Death Toll Rises To 7, Officials Release Victims\u2019 Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhighland-park-death-toll-rises-to-7-officials-release-victims-names%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540394&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A seventh victim of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/highland-park\">Highland Park<\/a> mass shooting at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/4th-of-july\">Independence Day<\/a> parade died on Tuesday, bringing the total number of deceased and injured from the incident to 53, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>While the name of the seventh victim is still unknown, officials revealed during a press conference on Tuesday the names of the six others who died in the Fourth of July tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Five victims were from Highland Park, including 64-year-old Katherine Goldstein, 35-year-old Irina McCarthy, 37-year-old Kevin McCarthy, 63-year-old Jacki Sundheim, and 88-year-old Stephen Straus.<\/p>\n<p>Husband and wife Kevin and Irina McCarthy were among the seven killed during the Fourth of July tragedy. At some point during the chaos, they were separated from their two-year-old son, Aiden, CBS 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/both-parents-of-toddler-killed-in-highland-park-mass-shooting\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dana and Greg Ring found the child with a stranger, who the couple said was in shock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was physically shaking, her whole body,\u201d Dana Ring told CBS 2. \u201cWhich told us that \u2026 she shouldn\u2019t be having to hold, and\/or deal with a little one at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greg said he took Aiden, put him in his arms, and searched for the parents before taking him to the fire department. Authorities later picked up Aiden and reunited him with his grandparents at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The child was not harmed.<\/p>\n<p>Also killed was Jacki Sundheim, a lifelong congregant and \u201cbeloved\u201d staff member at nearby North Shore Congregation Israel, which announced her death on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Sun-Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/highland-park-july-fourth-shooting-live-updates-minneapolis-philadelphia-1721795\">reported<\/a> that Sundheim taught preschool and coordinated events on staff at the congregation.<\/p>\n<p>The congregation said in a statement about Sundheim that her \u201cwork, kindness, and warmth touched us all,\u201d and she spent decades working \u201cwith tireless dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sixth victim \u2014 78-year-old Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza \u2014 lived in Morelos, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Sun-Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/highland-park-july-fourth-shooting-live-updates-minneapolis-philadelphia-1721795\">reported<\/a> that Zaragoza, who was shot and killed at the scene, came to Highland Park to visit his family. His granddaughter, Xochil Toledo, told the Sun-Times that he spent most of his life in Morelos, Mexico. She remembers looking over at her grandfather as a band passed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was so happy,\u201d she said. \u201cHappy to be living in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the suspect shot her father in the arm as he attempted to save her grandfather. Her boyfriend was also shot by the suspect in the back and was later taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Nancy Rotering spoke during the press conference on Tuesday, offering her condolences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Highland Park community, like so many before us, is devastated,\u201d Rotering told reporters. \u201cIt is impossible to imagine the pain of this kind of tragedy until it happens in your backyard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rotering said officials have focused on the perpetrator over the last 36 hours, but as the names and faces of those lost from yesterday\u2019s \u201cheinous crime\u201d are made known, the focus shifts to the victims and those left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis crisis has devastated entire families and our community in a single moment, and we know it will take time to heal on behalf of the community and the world that mourns alongside us,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd while we\u2019re hurting, we know that we will continue to come together and support each other as we always do in difficult times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are Highland Park strong,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting began shortly after the parade got underway, and multiple people were reportedly struck. A Chicago Sun-Times reporter saw several bloodied bodies covered with blankets and other people who were visibly wounded at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2022\/7\/4\/23194354\/highland-park-fourth-july-parade-gunfire\">report<\/a> from the Sun-Times, \u201cThe Highland Park Fourth of July parade ended in panic when shots were fired about 10 minutes after the parade kicked off at 10 a.m. Monday, striking an unknown number of parade-goers and sending hundreds of people running for safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard 20 to 25 shots, which were in rapid succession. So it couldn\u2019t have been just a handgun or a shotgun,\u201d Miles Zaremski, a Highland Park resident and witness to the shooting, told the Sun-Times. Zaremski also said that among the wounded, he had seen \u201ca woman covered with blood. \u2026 She did not survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC 5 Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/these-are-the-names-of-the-highland-park-parade-shooting-victims-idd-so-far\/2874101\/\">reported<\/a> that an official said the gunmen fired 70 rounds into the parade from a legally purchased high-powered rifle similar to an AR-15. Authorities received a tip from a North Chicago resident who spotted the suspect\u2019s car. The suspect tried to escape, but officers eventually took him into custody and recovered another rifle from his mother\u2019s car.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that the suspect had planned the attack for weeks, but they had not discovered a motive.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports identified the suspect as a 22-year-old male. However, an FBI bulletin and the suspect\u2019s social media indicate he is 21.<\/p>\n<p>Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesperson Sgt. Christopher Covelli said the suspect wore women\u2019s clothing during the mass shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the attack, [the suspect] was dressed in women\u2019s clothing,\u201d said Sgt. Christopher Covelli, of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, FOX 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/highland-park-parade-shooting-gunman-wore-womens-clothing\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Covelli said he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seventh victim of the Highland Park mass shooting at an Independence Day parade died on Tuesday, bringing the total number of deceased and injured from the incident to 53, officials said. 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