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, an 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, a family spokesman said. He's the son of Zion Elementary School District 6 Superintendent Keely Roberts, who was at the Highland Park parade with Cooper and his twin brother, Luke, when shooting erupted. All three were shot.
The Roberts family, which also includes Cooper’s twin brother, Luke, shared that the boy’s condition was downgraded again as he struggled with a new infection and one of his lungs is partially collapsed. While it was initially believed that the boy had been shot in the chest, doctors at Highland Park Hospital released a statement saying that the bullet entered his abdomen and not his chest.
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