Highland Park Shooting

A blood drive held in Highland Park following last week's horrific mass shooting garnered so much interest, appointments were fully booked for the day.

Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who was left paralyzed after being shot in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting, underwent his seventh surgery Tuesday.

“These are combat weapons. These are weapons of war. They should not be on the streets,” said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.

Illinois Democrats said using guns to raise political money is at best tone-deaf, just days after seven people were shot and killed in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade.

Several minutes of silence were observed Monday in Highland Park to remember the victims of last week’s mass shooting. 

Today marks one week since the mass shooting in Highland Park as businesses are set to reopen with a moment of silence.

Cooper Roberts, 8, was struck once during the Highland Park parade shooting out of the more than 80 bullets that hailed down on the crowd July 4.

The family of Highland Park, Illinois parade victim Cooper Roberts, 8, said Sunday it's been “a very tough weekend” and that the boy is “in a great deal of pain – physically and emotionally – especially as the family had to share with him the devastating news that he is paralyzed from the waist down.”

Businesses in Highland Park will be allowed to reopen Sunday. However, it is not clear yet how many are ready to return.

Dr. Loren Schechter thought at first it was fireworks going off at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade. Then, the tree next to him began shaking. A gunman’s bullets had struck it.

From the bystanders who tied tourniquets and administered CPR to the fleeing paradegoers who rescued and cared for an orphaned two-year-old covered in blood, people from every corner of the Highland Park community sprung into action on July 4 in the wake of unspeakable tragedy.

For some, the sadness and despair of Monday's tragedy in Highland Park has given way to anger and a call to action.