After a little over two months of agony and recovery, Cooper Roberts is finally back home.
Among those injured was Cooper, who suffered a severe spinal cord injury when a bullet went into the child's back and exited through his chest, his mother, who was also shot in two parts of her leg, shared in a statement this summer.
The Roberts family said that they're happy to have Cooper home, but stated it's a difficult transition to"find, renovate or build" a new home that is wheelchair accessible and can work for the family.Cooper Roberts, 8, was seriously injured in the July 4, 2022, mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill. Nevertheless, they said they're focusing on the good. Cooper, who has always loved sports, has found a new sport – wheelchair tennis.
"Cooper is alive and home and our sweet and lovely athletic little boy has made up his mind that he is going to figure out new ways to play sports," the Roberts statement said."We have no doubt Cooper will be wicked awesome at tennis… and any other sport he decides to play. It will just be different."
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