One of Highland Park shooting victims identified as 78-year-old man visiting family from Mexico

Nicolas Toledo
Nicolas Toledo Photo credit GoFundMe

HIGHLAND PARK (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - One of the victims in the Highland Park shooting was a great grandfather visiting from Mexico.

Nicolas Toledo, 78, was sitting in his wheelchair along the parade route, between his son and a nephew, when the bullets started flying and blood began splattering on the family.

“I haven’t gotten much updates on my grandma but I think she’s ok, but it’s very traumatizing for her because she was right next to my grandpa as well,” Toledo’s granddaughter told CBS-2.

Other family members suffered injuries, but they were not life threatening, and they’ll be ok

Nicolas was visiting from Mexico and had been here for about a month. He was said to love fishing and taking walks.

The family created a GoFundMe campaign to help with funeral expenses.

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