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Michael Sainato

Former Pennsylvania fire chief identified as victim killed at Trump rally

A group of state police carry a man out of a crowd
A man is removed by state police from the stands after guns were fired at Donald Trump at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July 2024. Photograph: Rebecca Droke/AFP/Getty Images

Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief of the Buffalo Township Volunteer fire company in Pennsylvania, has been identified as the victim who was shot and killed amidst an assassination attempt on Donald Trump on Saturday.

“He was a hero that shielded his daughters. His wife and girls just lived through the unthinkable and unimaginable,” Comperatore’s sister, Dawn Comperatore Schafer, said in a post on Facebook.

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