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8-year-old paralyzed in Highland Park parade shooting discharged from hospital, transferred to rehab facility

Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who was paralyzed after being shot in the Highland Park shooting, has been discharged from the hospital and transferred to a rehabilitation facility. Cooper suffered a gunshot to the abdomen and his spinal cord was severed in the July 4 shooting. He was airlifted to a hospital in Chicago. A […]

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8-year-old Cooper Roberts had popsicle, went outside for first time while he continues to recover after Highland Park shooting

Cooper Roberts, the boy who was shot in the Highland Park parade shooting, went outside and had a popsicle for the first time on Thursday since he was hospitalized. Roberts, 8, suffered a gunshot to the abdomen and his spinal cord was severed. He was airlifted to a hospital in Chicago where he remains. Family […]

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‘Please keep sending love’: 8-year-old boy paralyzed in Highland Park shooting now in ‘very critical’ condition

The 8-year-old boy who was shot and paralyzed in the Highland Park parade shooting is now in “very critical condition” after previously waking up yesterday. Cooper Roberts, 8, suffered a gunshot to the abdomen and his spinal cord was severed. He was airlifted to a hospital in Chicago where he remains. Cooper underwent a procedure […]

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8-year-old boy shot in Highland Park parade back in critical condition and will undergo 7th surgery

The 8-year-old boy who was shot and paralyzed after the Highland Park parade is back in critical condition and he will undergo his seventh surgery to repair his esophagus, a spokesperson said Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Roberts family said Cooper Roberts, 8, is back in critical condition, according to ABC7 Chicago. He had a […]