Former Pennsylvania Fire Chief Corey Comperatore was reportedly shot and killed on Saturday when a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
“Comperatore is being remembered on social media by family, friends and colleagues in the fire service community. He was retired from the fire department but well known in the community,” WPXI Pittsburgh said. report.
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Comperatore’s sister, Dawn Comperatore Schafer, wrote in a Facebook post that her brother died trying to protect his daughter when a gunman opened fire on Trump.
“Hatred towards one man took the life of the man we loved most. He was a hero protecting his daughters,” she wrote. New York Post “His wife and daughters survived the unthinkable, the unimaginable,” she said.
BREAKING: The Trump rally attendee murdered by Matthew Crooks yesterday has been identified as Corey Comperatore.
A family member released a statement about the situation on their Facebook page.
Praying for Corey and his family. pic.twitter.com/WAK9p4xuUw
— Taylor Hansen (@TaylerUSA) July 14, 2024
post Additional reports:
Comperatore’s daughter Allison mourned her father’s sudden death, calling him “the best dad a girl could ask for.”
Allison said that when shots rang out, Comperatore quickly threw Trump to the ground to protect her and her mother after he was shot.
“He loved us so much that he would have taken an actual bullet for us,” Allison wrote on Facebook.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) confirmed at a press conference on Sunday that Comperatore was indeed the victim and called him a “hero” for his brave actions.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said Corey Comperatore, who was killed at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally, “died a hero,” saying he had rushed in to protect his family when gunfire erupted.
Comperatore, a former fire chief, was “a staunch supporter of the former president… pic.twitter.com/OIuJtotIMN
—CBS News (@CBSNews) July 14, 2024
The gunman, identified by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, opened fire on presumptive Republican presidential candidate Trump as he camped on the roof of a nearby building outside the rally, attempting to assassinate him. Police said Crooks was shot and killed by Secret Service agents after plotting to kill the former president.
Two other rally attendees were seriously wounded in the shooting and were being treated at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, according to WPXI.
This story is unfolding.
