Corey Comperatore, 50, died after diving in front of his wife and daughter to protect them from gunfire. “He’s a literal hero,” one friend said.
A former fire chief who was killed in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump spent his final moments shielding his family from gunfire.Corey Comperatore, 50, died Saturday night after diving in front of his wife and daughter to protect them from bullets flying toward the crowd. A 20-year-old man snuck onto a roof and started shooting at Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
RELATED: Biden delivers Oval Office address on Trump assassination attempt: 'We must not go down this road'Separately, Texas U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson said in a statement Sunday that his nephew was injured but "thankfully his injury was not serious.""My family was sitting in the front, near where the President was speaking," Jackson said. "They heard shots ringing out — my nephew then realized he had blood on his neck and something had grazed and cut his neck.
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