Mary Ellen Priselac pleads for the community to remain vigilant as federal investigators look at Thomas Matthew Crooks home — the suspected gunman from the Trump rally.
The three attendees who were shot during the attempted assassination of former President Trump at Saturday’s rally in Butler County have been identified, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
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The name of the deceased victim is Corey Comperatore, 50, from Sarver Pennsylvania.
Among the wounded victims is David Dutch, 57, of New Kensington and he remains in stable condition. The third victim has been named as 74-year-old James Copenhaver of Moon Township, Pennsylvania.
“I am sure everyone has seen the news and are appalled at how divided we have become. Well, it has finally hit home to the League. It is with great sadness that I report that one of the civilians shot at the rally was one of our own,” Matt Popovich, District 8 vice commandant of the Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania Inc. wrote in a post on Facebook.
“Commandant David Dutch of Westmoreland County is in critical condition. He was shot in the liver and chest. He has had one surgery and is undergoing another this morning. He is currently in an induced coma. Please keep him and his family in your prayers,” Popovich continued.
Fox News Digital was told by the Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania Inc. that they had no comment when contacted for this story.
“These victims and their families are certainly in our thoughts today,” said Col. Christopher Paris, Pennsylvania State Police commissioner. “The Pennsylvania State Police continue to work tirelessly alongside our federal, state and local partners as this investigation continues.”
It has been ordered that U.S. and state flags on all commonwealth facilities, public buildings and grounds be lowered to half-staff in honor of Comperatore by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
Local news station WPXI reported that Comperatore, 50, was a former fire chief for Buffalo Township (where it reportedly happened) and volunteered as an assistant chaplain with the Tarentum Bureau of Fire.
Comperatore’s wife told Shapiro on Sunday her husband was a man of god.
“We lost a fellow Pennsylvanian last night,” Shapiro said at a news conference. “Corey Comperatore was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday. Corey loved his community, and most especially, Corey loved his family. Corey was an avid supporter of the former president and was so excited to be there last night with him in the community.”
Shapiro recommended that on Sunday us Americans unite in prayer and stop with the hatred and vitriol.
“This is a moment where all of us have a responsibility to take down the temperature, rise above the hateful rhetoric that exists, and search for a better, brighter future for this nation. I ask that you join Lori and me in prayer for the two Pennsylvanians still in critical condition, for the family of Corey Comperatore, and for former President Donald Trump,” Shapiro said.
The FBI is currently treating the shooting as an assassination attempt.
