Highland Park

An 8-year-old boy who was shot in the chest during the Highland Park Fourth of July parade is no longer using a ventilator and conscious for the first time since the incident, but doctors have confirmed that Cooper Roberts is paralyzed from the waist down, a family spokesperson said.

Illinois Democrats are working behind-the-scenes to drum up support to ban assault weapons and large-capacity magazines in wake of the Highland Park shooting.

There are several memorials in downtown Highland Park filled with candles, flowers and messages, and places for locals and visitors to focus on the lives lost on the Fourth of July.

'THE WORST DAY': FOX 32 Chicago spoke with a 911 operator who was on the line as chaos unfolded in Highland Park earlier this week.

The family of 8-year-old Cooper Roberts fear the boy may never walk again after he was shot at the Highland Park parade.

Authorities in Highland Park where seven people were killed while attending a Fourth of July parade by a gunman armed with a rifle identified the victims Tuesday, including a married couple who were parents to a 2-year-old child.

The funeral services for an 88-year-old man who tragically died at the Highland Park 4th of July parade are scheduled for Friday.

The director of the Illinois State Police said Wednesday there wasn’t enough evidence nearly three years ago that Robert E. Crimo III — who’s now accused of killing seven people at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade — should have been denied a state firearm permit over a report of violent threats to his family.

FOX 32's Corey McPherrin spoke to Gracie Sclamberg — a young woman who went to school with Robert Crimo from the age of five all the way through high school.