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After the Highland¹ Park shooting, the focus shifts to the victims and their families

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Officials are providing identifications and offering a clearer picture of the seven people who died when a shooter opened fire on a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Ill.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

We're learning about those who were killed at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Ill. - a synagogue teacher, a businessman visiting from Mexico, and a couple whose 2-year-old was found wandering the street alone after the toddler's parents were fired on from the rooftop above them. Little Aiden McCarthy was later returned to family members by police who responded to the chaotic³ aftermath. During a press conference yesterday, Mayor Nancy Rotering tried to shift public attention from the suspected gunman to the seven individuals who were killed.

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NANCY ROTERING: As we now put the names and faces of those lost yesterday - family, friends, guests, longtime residents of the Highland Park community - our focus shifts to the victims and those left behind.

FADEL: NPR's Laura Benshoff reports.

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JENNIFER BANEK: It is with a heavy heart that I bring to you the names of the victims of that tragedy.

LAURA BENSHOFF, BYLINE⁴: The task of announcing the names of the dead fell to Lake County coroner Jennifer Banek. Community and family members had already shared that Jacquelyn Sundheim of Highland Park and Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza of Morelos, Mexico, had passed. But some names Banek shared were new.

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BANEK: Sixty-four-year-old Katherine Goldstein of Highland Park, 35-year-old Irina McCarthy of Highland Park, 37-year-old Kevin McCarthy of Highland Park, 88-year-old Stephen Straus of Highland Park.

BENSHOFF: With names came remembrances. Some of Toledo-Zaragoza's family were there when he was shot and killed. Two of his daughters spoke⁵ outside of a family member's home. Fabiola Toledo (ph) says he was thrilled to be visiting with his extended family for a few months.

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FABIOLA TOLEDO: He's coming here for three months, and he say he wants to stay longer because he want to be staying (ph) with the whole family. Almost the whole family's here.

BENSHOFF: He's now missed by many friends and his two dozen grandchildren. Fabiola says one of the younger ones asks, where's Grandpa?

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F TOLEDO: He's thinking he's in the hospital, and I say, no, he's not coming back.

BENSHOFF: Daughter Josefina Toledo (ph) says that it's hard to accept that he's gone.

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JOSEFINA TOLEDO: (Speaking Spanish).

BENSHOFF: She says he loved to go fishing and was a great father.

Laura Benshoff, NPR News.

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1 highland   

n.(pl.)高地，山地

参考例句：

• The highland game is part of Scotland's cultural heritage.苏格兰高地游戏是苏格兰文化遗产的一部分。
• The highland forests where few hunters venture have long been the bear's sanctuary.这片只有少数猎人涉险的高山森林，一直都是黑熊的避难所。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。