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Trump Butler rally shooting victim dies from complications from injuries, reports say
Fox News • • nation
Key Points:
- James Copenhaver, a Pennsylvania man wounded in the 2024 assassination attempt on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, has died after living with permanent injuries from the shooting.
- Copenhaver was among several people shot by Thomas Matthew Crooks at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Crooks fired from a rooftop after scaling a nearby building.
- The House Republican Conference and local officials expressed mourning for Copenhaver, highlighting his perseverance despite multiple surgeries and lasting pain.
- The attack exposed significant security failures by the Secret Service, leading to the resignation of Director Kimberly Cheatle and suspensions of six agents; a bipartisan House task force deemed the attempt preventable.
- Trump returned to the rally site months later to honor the slain firefighter Corey Comperatore and used imagery from the attack during his successful campaign for a second nonconsecutive presidential term.
