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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Brett Chase

Cooper Roberts, 8, shot at Highland Park Fourth of July parade, sees ‘hopeful progress’

Cooper Roberts, 8, was paralyzed when a bullet severed his spinal cord during the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park. (Provided)

Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy paralyzed when he was shot in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting, is “making some hopeful progress,” his family said Monday, but is still in critical condition.

The boy has been taken off a ventilator, is breathing on his own and, after his fever shot up last week, he’s been fever-free for 48 hours, the Roberts family said in a written statement.

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