The young boy was at the parade with his family when shot were fired in the Chicago suburb on the 4th of July
The 8-year-old Highland Park parade shooting victim left paralyzed from the awful attack faced a setback Tuesday on his road to recovery, according to reports.
A family spokesperson said Roberts underwent another complex surgery Tuesday to repair his torn esophagus that reopened, the newspaper reported. Later in the day, the family said doctors were able to find and close the leak during the young boy’s seventh surgery since he was shot.
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