Nearly $2 million has been raised so far for a 2-year-old boy whose parents were both killed in Monday’s shooting in Highland Park.
, accompanied by pleas to help identify the 2-year-old who had been found at the scene bloodied and alone and to reunite him with his family.Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35"At two years old, Aiden is left in the unthinkable position: to grow up without his parents," said Irina Colon, who set up an online fundraiser for the child.
According to Colon, the community came together to locate McCarthy’s grandparents in the aftermath of the shooting, and the couple will help to raise him in the years ahead.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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