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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Brett Chase

Highland Park mass shooting victim Cooper Roberts, 8, moved from intensive care

Highland Park mass shooting victim Cooper Roberts was finally reunited with his dog George. The boy’s condition improved enough to remove him from intensive care. (Provided)

Cooper Roberts, who was shot and paralyzed in the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park, moved out of intensive care and was transferred to a rehabilitation center Sunday.

The news is a positive development for the 8-year-old boy whose family calls his survival a miracle. Cooper has been in critical condition for much of the time since being shot. He suffered major organ damage and a severed spinal cord that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

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