Pennsylvania governor says man killed at Trump rally was former fire chief who 'died a hero'
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The man who was killed at a rally for former U.S. president Donald Trump was Corey Comperatore, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Sunday.
The man who was killed at a rally for former U.S. president Donald Trump was Corey Comperatore, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Sunday.
Comperatore was a former fire chief from the area who loved his family, Shapiro said.
“Corey died a hero. Corey dove on his family to protect them last night,” the governor said.
In other developments, U.S. President Joe Biden planned to address the nation Sunday afternoon after a Situation Room briefing on the shooting at Trump's rally.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
On the heels of an apparent attempt to kill him, former President Donald Trump called Sunday for unity and resilience as shocked leaders across the political divide recoiled from the shooting that left him wounded but "fine" and the gunman and a rally-goer dead.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said the upper part of his right ear was pierced in the shooting. His aides said he was in "great spirits" and doing well.
Donald Trump wanted to spend this week attacking one of Democratic rival Kamala Harris' biggest political vulnerabilities. Instead, he spent most of the week falsely claiming that migrants are eating pets in a small town in Ohio and defending his embrace of a far-right agitator whose presence is causing concern among his allies.