The 2-year-old was found by strangers at the scene bloodied and alone. It would later be announced that both of his parents were killed in the Highland Park parade shooting.
Aiden McCarthy's photo was shared across Chicago-area social media groups in the hours after the July 4 parade 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.
"At two years old, Aiden is left in the unthinkable position; to grow up without his parents," wrote Irina Colon on ashe created for the family and Aiden, who was reunited with his grandparents Monday evening.
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