Corey Comperatore, a man killed during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, was a retired Buffalo Township fire chief who died a hero shielding his family from the sniper’s bullets.
Corey was a 50-year-old Pennsylvania native.
Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said during a press conference that Comperatore died a “hero.”
“Corey was a girl-dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday,” Governor Josh Shapiro said at a press conference in Butler.
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"Corey was an avid supporter of the former president and was so excited to be there last night with him in the community," Shapiro said.
“Last night was shocking for this community and for this commonwealth, and I know, for this country,” Shapiro went on. “Political disagreements can never, ever be addressed through violence. Disagreements are OK, but we need to use a peaceful political process to settle those differences.”
Shapiro added that Comperatore’s wife said he died a hero, and the governor requested flags be flown at half-staff in Comperatore’s memory.
The victim’s daughter, Allyson Comperatore, wrote on Facebook Sunday, "He shielded my body from the bullet that came at us,” “He loved his family. He truly loved us enough to take a real bullet for us. And I want nothing more than to cry on him and tell him thank you. I want nothing more than to wake up and for this to not be reality for me and my family.”
“He was the best dad a girl could ever ask for,” his daughter wrote, adding that Mr. Comperatore was a “real-life superhero.”
Comperatore’s sister, Dawn, also posted on Facebook, saying, “He was a hero that shielded his daughters. His wife and girls just lived through the unthinkable and unimaginable. My baby brother just turned 50 and had so much life left to experience.”
Former President Donald Trump put together a GoFundMe page to help support Allyson and the Comperatore family. It's already raised over $755,000 as of Sunday evening.
Two other spectators were wounded in yesterday's rally: David Dutch, 57, of New Kensington, and James Copenhaver, 74, of Moon. They were in stable condition Sunday at Allegheny General Hospital on Pittsburgh’s North Side, police said.
Earlier in the day, the FBI identified the shooter at Trump’s rally as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, Pa., who it was later discovered also had explosive materials in his car and Pennsylvania home. Crooks was fatally shot by Secret Service during the incident.
To give to the GoFundMe for the Comperatore family, go to:
Please keep the family and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers in addition to the two individuals currently in the hospital as a result of yesterday's shooting.
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