Highland Park shooting: appeal raises $2m for toddler who lost both parents

Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was found wandering alone but has since been reunited with his grandparents

A fundraiser to help the family of a toddler whose parents were both shot to death in the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park has surpassed $2m, following an outpouring of grief after the boy was found wandering alone in the aftermath of the massacre.

A picture of two-year-old Aiden McCarthy went viral before he was reunited with his grandparents. Later it was revealed that the child's parents were both dead.