A second man injured after a gunman opened fire at a rally for former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 has been released from the hospital.
Highmark Health spokesperson Confirmed To hill James Copenhaver, 74, was injured at a rally for the former president a few weeks ago and has been released from Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Copenhaver was one of two people injured at the Trump rally on July 13 when suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, opened fire on Trump from the roof of a nearby building while looking directly at him. Trump was struck by a “penetrating bullet” above his right ear.
The other injured man, David Duch, recently release He was shot in the chest and liver and transported from Allegheny General Hospital.
Another man, former Pennsylvania State Fire Chief Corey Comperatore, was shot and killed while trying to protect his wife and daughter during the rally.
Copenhaver’s family previously released a statement thanking the “paramedics, doctors and hospital staff” who treated him. offered They are offering prayers for the other victims and for President Trump, according to KDKA News.
“Jim would like to extend a special thank you to the emergency medical personnel, doctors and hospital staff who provided him with initial and ongoing care,” Copenhaver’s family said in a statement released by Allegheny Health Network.
The former president recently said he would be “coming back to Butler” and holding a “big, great rally” to honor Comperatore and the “brave patriots” who were injured at the rally.
