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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Zack Miller

What one bullet did to 8-year-old Cooper Roberts, among dozens shot at Highland Park Fourth of July parade

Cooper Roberts, 8, remains in serious condition and faced more surgery Monday after being shot at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade. (Provided)

The bullet that hit 8-year-old Cooper Roberts in the mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade tore a “very perilous” path through his small body.

It caught his liver and esophagus, severed his spinal cord and caused so much internal bleeding that doctors had to take extraordinary measures to save his life.

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