(Jewish Group) 'The nicest person I've ever met': Friends and family remember Katherine Goldstein

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‘The nicest person I’ve ever met’: Friends and family remember Katherine Goldstein, lost in Highland Park shooting

Katherine Goldstein was an avid bird-watcher, and often went on bird-watching trips with her husband, Craig. In March, he posted a picture on Facebook of the couple wearing masks on a plane, on their way to Panama.

“This time,” he wrote, “I’m joined by my favorite traveling companion. (Actually, it’s a three-way tie for first place. Our daughters couldn’t join us. All other previous and future travel partners are tied for a close second place.)”

On Monday, Katherine Goldstein took the older of those two daughters, Cassie, to the July 4 parade in their northern Chicago suburb, Highland Park. She was grieving the recent death of her mother, and saw the parade, a beloved local ritual, as an opportunity to get out of the house.

She waved to every float that passed by, Cassie later said.

And then they heard gunshots.

Mother and daughter both ran. “He shot her in the chest and she fell down, and I knew she was dead,” Cassie told NBC News, her eyes cast down. “I told her that I loved her but I couldn’t stop because he was still shooting.”

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