There was a Cooper Roberts update 6 months after the Highland Park shooting, The 8-year-old continues to recover after the July 4 parade incident.
"I have been feeling very, very emotional about this anniversary. Six months. Six months since a monster shattered our lives, changed them irrevocably, forever," Keely Roberts wrote in a statement released to the media late Wednesday.
Cooper, who loves sports and recently returned to school with his twin brother, misses his teammates and the camaraderie, she wrote. "He still loves physical education class and recess best, but he is rope climbing or watching - not playing the team sports that he adores," she wrote.To keep their living space accessible to Cooper, the family moved into another home and has been raising money to find a permanent one.
Keely Roberts will undergo a procedure soon for her own injury from the shooting, a gunshot wound to her leg, she said.RELATED: Cooper Roberts update: 8-year-old paralyzed in Highland Park parade shooting joins twin in 3rd grade Robert Crimo III has been charged in the mass shooting. Crimo is accused of firing a high-powered rifle into the crowd from a rooftop.
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