Cooper Roberts was one of dozens injured when a gunman opened fire with a rifle on the crowd from a nearby rooftop, killing seven people. Cooper was watching the parade in suburban Chicago with his parents and twin brother Luke, family friend Anthony Loici said at a news conference broadcast by ABC 7 Chicago.
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“Cooper was shot in the chest and suffered serious injuries, including a severed spinal cord,” Loici told the conference. Story continues below ad “He is currently sedated and on a ventilator, in critical but stable condition.” Struggling to speak, Loizzi said Cooper has undergone “several surgeries” since the shooting. He said that on Wednesday night, doctors were finally able to perform surgery to “close his abdomen”. Loicci told reporters that Cooper’s mother was also shot “in the legs and feet area” and his brother Luke was “injured by shrapnel.” Cooper’s mother, Keely Roberts, underwent several surgeries and was released from the hospital on Wednesday. Cooper Roberts’ mother, Keely Roberts, and his twin brother, Luke, pictured here, were also injured during the mass shooting. GoFundMe “Honestly, she probably shouldn’t have been discharged, but she insisted on it so she could be by her son Cooper, who is in the hospital in town with her husband,” Loici said. Trending Stories
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Luke was also released from the hospital. Story continues below ad A verified GoFundMe page has been set up for the Roberts family to help pay for medical bills and ongoing treatment. On the page, friends of the Roberts family write that doctors have determined that the eight-year-old “will be paralyzed from the waist down.”
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As of this writing, the GoFundMe has raised more than $567,000 of its $750,000 goal. On Tuesday, a 21-year-old suspected gunman was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. If convicted, the suspect would face a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, Illinois State’s Attorney Eric Reinhardt said in announcing the charges at a news conference. 1:50 Illinois parade shooting leaves 2-year-old boy orphaned, covered in blood Previous Video Next Video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
