Cabot, Pennsylvania – Billy Ray Cyrus on Friday attended the funeral of Corey Comepratore, a volunteer firefighter, husband and father who was shot and killed during a rally for former President Donald Trump last Saturday.
The “Achy Breaky Heart” singer was seen posing for photos and shaking hands with officers outside Cabot United Methodist Church in Cabot, Pennsylvania on Friday morning.
“Corey Comperatore[n] “An Army Reserve veteran and former fire chief, Billy Ray Cyrus has always been passionate about honoring our military and first responders. Today he was honored to join his family and perform during the ceremony,” a source told Fox News Digital on Friday.
Hundreds of family members, friends and local law enforcement officials, both local and federal, gathered in Cabot for Comperatore’s funeral, 50. Butler County residents who knew the Comperatore family and those who didn’t, lined the country roads around the church with American flags and signs honoring Comperatore.
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Billy Ray Cyrus performed at the funeral of Corey Comperatore on Friday, July 19, in Cabot, Pennsylvania. (Fox News Digital)
Billy Ray Cyrus performed at the funeral of Corey Comperatore on Friday, July 19, in Cabot, Pennsylvania. (Fox News Digital)
“American Hero Corey Comperatore,” one sign read. Another called the volunteer firefighter a “true hero.”
Comperatore was shot and killed while trying to protect his family during a rally.
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Firefighters carry the casket of former volunteer fire chief Corey Comperatore, who was shot and killed in the attack on Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, during a private funeral service at Cabot Church in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 19, 2024. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
This undated photo provided by the Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, Volunteer Fire Department shows former Buffalo Township Fire Chief Corey Comperatore, who was shot and killed Saturday at a campaign rally for former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Buffalo Township Fire Department via The Associated Press)
Former President Trump paid tribute to the fallen firefighter at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday night, displaying Comperatore’s fire jacket and helmet onstage.
Community members mourn the morning of Corey Comperatore’s funeral at Cabot United Methodist Church in Cabot, Pennsylvania, Friday, July 19, 2024. Comperatore, a former fire chief and father of two, was shot and killed by a would-be assassin in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
“He lost his life selflessly acting as a human shield to protect people from flying bullets… He was a truly remarkable man,” Trump said in his speech. Republican National Convention Speech On Thursday“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for another.”
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“This is Fake America In our darkest hours, it is this love that will once again lead America to the pinnacle of human achievement and greatness.”
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Comperatore for 10 years United States Army He was a reservist and served as captain of the Buffalo Fire Department in the early 2000s, was a church-going man and a loving father and husband.
Fox News’ Chris Eberhart contributed to this report.
