Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy paralyzed from the waist down after being wounded at the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, was in "very critical" condition following urgent surgery.
Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy paralyzed from the waist down after being wounded at the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, is back to critical condition just days after the family had shared in a statement that the boy was doing better.
An 8-year-old boy who was shot in the chest and gravely injured at the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park is now paralyzed from the waist down, his family said Friday through their spokesman. Cooper Roberts had remained in critical condition for several days with a severed spinal cord.
Three members of the Roberts family were wounded in Monday s shooting in Highland Park, including 8-year-old Cooper, who suffered a severed spinal cord.