
An 8-year-old boy is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot in the chest in Highland Park parade attack
CNN
An 8-year-old boy who was attending the Highland Park Fourth of July parade with his parents and twin brother was shot and is now paralyzed from the waist down, family spokesperson Anthony Loizzi told CNN on Thursday.
Cooper Roberts was shot in the chest and suffered several significant injuries, including a severed spinal cord, Loizzi said in a virtual news conference earlier Thursday.
He remains in the hospital sedated and on a ventilator, in critical but stable condition, Loizzi said.

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