Trump Butler Assassination Attempt Victim Dies After Suffering From Wounds Following Attack
A man wounded in the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on President Donald Trump has died, according to a statement released by his family Thursday.
A man wounded in the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on President Donald Trump has died, according to a statement released by his family Thursday.
Trump’s right ear was grazed by a bullet when a gunman fired shots during a campaign rally, killing retired firefighter Corey Compatore and wounding two other attendees. Jim Copenhaver, one of those wounded, died, according to his family and Slippery Rock Mayor Jondavid Longo.
“James’s dedication to this great country was a defining part of his life. As a veteran, he proudly served our nation in the armed forces, and his love of country never wavered. James was a true American patriot who believed deeply in the freedoms and ideals upon which this nation was founded, and he embodied the very best traits of our great nation,” the Copenhaver family said in a statement provided to Fox News.
“Jim was shot twice at the Butler rally on July 13, 2024,” Longo posted. “He survived that day, but he never fully recovered from the wounds. For two years he lived with surgeries, remaining fragments, and pain that never left him.”
Copenhaver sued the Secret Service on June 1 regarding the shooting, saying the Secret Service displayed “negligence, recklessness and/or carelessness” prior to would-be-assassin Thomas Crooks opening fire on Trump. Attorneys representing Copenhaver in the case did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.