Man killed during Trump shooting dived on family to protect them

One man in the audience died while trying to protect his family during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on Saturday, authorities say,El.kz cites BBC.

Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief, dove onto family members when the shots rang out.

“Corey died a hero,” Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said at a news conference on Sunday.

Pennsylvania state police said the other two people shot were 57-year-old David Dutch and 74-year-old James Copenhaver. Both were in a stable condition on Sunday.

The Pennsylvania governor said that he spoke to Mr Comperatore’s wife and two daughters.

“Corey went to church every Sunday,” he said. “Cory loved his community. Most especially, Corey loved his family.”

He said that Mr Comperatore was an avid supporter of Donald Trump and was excited to be at the rally Saturday.

“Corey was the very best of us. May his memory be a blessing,” Mr Shapiro said. “Last night was shocking… political disagreements can never, ever be addressed through violence.”

State police said that Mr Comperatore lived in Sarver, about 12 miles (19km) away from the rally site in Butler, outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In addition to his volunteer firefighting work, he was employed as a project and tooling engineer at a plastics manufacturing company, according to his social media profiles.

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