Two months after Highland Park parade attack, families of two killed find comfort at unofficial memorial

Tributes mark the unofficial memorial in Highland Park on Central Avenue remembering the people killed and wounded in the July 4 parade attack. (Photo by Lynn Sweet)

Monday marked two months and a day since the Highland Park July 4 parade massacre, and among those gathering at the unofficial memorial that has taken root on Central Avenue were family members of two of the seven killed — Nicolas Toledo and Eduardo Uvaldo.

At an unofficial memorial in Highland Park, Karina Mendez and her daughter Samantha stand by a picture of her father, Eduardo Uvaldo, one of seven killed in the July 4 parade massacre. (Photo by Lynn Sweet)