CHICAGO — An 8-year-old boy who was shot in the chest at the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park is now paralyzed from the waist down, his family said Friday through their spokesman. Cooper Roberts, one of the Roberts family’s twin boys, had remained in critical condition for several days with a severed spinal cord. His condition has been upgraded to serious, the spokesman said. On Friday, Cooper was removed from the ventilator and was conscious for the first time, but it was confirmed that the boy is paralyzed from the waist down, close friend and family spokesman Anthony Loizzi s…
