Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday to remember the former fire chief shot and killed at a weekend rally for former President Donald Trump, and were urged to seek unity and healing in the rural area of Pennsylvania shaken by the violence perpetrated by a local 20-year-old man.
A memorial is displayed along a fence outside the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pa., Wednesday, July 17, 2024, the site where firefighter Corey Comperatore died after a gunman opened fire at the rally. SARVAR, Pa. —
Comperatore, 50, had worked as a project and tooling engineer, was an Army reservist and spent many years as a volunteer firefighter after serving as chief, according to his obituary.Comperatore spent the final moments of his life shielding his wife and daughter from gunfire, officials said. Before the rally, Comperatore had posted on social media that he had gotten upgraded seats at the event, according to Collin Burke. The 27-year-old lived next door to Comperatore while growing up and had previously volunteered at the firehouse with him.“It crushed me,” Burke said Wednesday of Comperatore’s death. “Kind of really broke my heart to be honest.”
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