8-Year-Old Highland Park Victim Left With Severed Spinal Cord, May Never Walk Again

8-Year-Old Highland Park Victim Left With Severed Spinal Cord, May Never Walk Again
Police crime tape is seen around the area where children's bicycles and baby strollers stand near the scene of the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Ill., on July 4, 2022. Youngrae Kim/AFP via Getty Images
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An 8-year-old boy who was shot in the chest while attending the Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on Monday may never walk again.

Cooper Roberts had been attending the parade with both his parents: mother Keely Roberts, and father Jason Roberts along with his twin brother Luke when gunman Robert Crimo opened fire on the crowd.

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