One member of the public was killed and two critically injured when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired shots at presidential candidate Donald Trump. The victim’s sister, Dawn Comperatore Schafer, said her brother died while trying to protect her daughter during the attack. – The hatred towards one man took the life of the man we loved the most. He was a hero who protected his daughters, writes the victim’s sister on Facebook. Governor: – Dead like a hero Governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, also confirms in a press conference that it is the former fire chief at Buffalo, Corey Comperatore, who has lost his life. – Corey died a hero, Shapiro said in the press conference. Photo: Sue Ogrocki / AP The governor said he has been in contact with the family and has been allowed to share information about the course of events. – He threw himself over his family to protect them last night at this meeting. Corey was the very best of us. Shapiro called on the country’s leaders to calm down on what he calls a hateful rhetoric, and said he is praying for the family who have lost their father and husband. – Starting today and for the rest of their lives, there will always be an empty place around the dinner table of the Comperatore family, said the governor. Corey Comperatore is survived by his wife and two daughters. President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference from the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 14, 2024, about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Behind him are Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland. Photo: Susan Walsh / AP US President Joe Biden also sends his condolences to the Comperatore family. – He was a father who protected his family from the shots that were fired, said the president in a short press conference, Sunday at 8 pm Norwegian time. Shot in the head An eyewitness NBC spoke to said he saw a man fall to the bottom of the stands after being shot in the head. According to eyewitnesses, he must have been killed instantly. The police and a SWAT team are said to have started to evacuate people away from the stands after the shooting. The eyewitness, himself a doctor, said he helped medical personnel carry the dead man away from the stands to a nearby tent. Several injured STRIKE IN THE NECK: – He was grazed in the neck and started bleeding after a bullet crossed his neck, Ronny Jackson told Sean Hannity on Fox. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / AP In addition, the Texas Tribune reports that Republican congressman Ronny Jackson’s nephew is said to have been injured during the shooting. It is not clear if Jackson’s nephew is one of the critically injured. “He was grazed in the neck and started bleeding after a bullet crossed his throat,” Jackson told Fox’s Sean Hannity. According to the congressman, the nephew must have been in the firing line. Ronny Jackson has previously been a doctor at the White House, while Donald Trump was president. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP Should have received treatment Jackson, who was not at the event himself, informed that his nephew was sitting in a section for friends and family behind Trump, when shots were fired. The nephew is said to have later been treated by health personnel, who had set up a tent nearby prior to the shooting. The congressman states that the person who has now been confirmed killed was first sent here to this tent, where the person was pronounced dead. Jackson, who has previously been Donald Trump’s doctor, said his sister-in-law was also at the event. The suspected shooter was on a roof less than 150 meters from the podium where Donald Trump was standing. The others who were hit, killed and injured were, among other things, in the stands behind the presidential candidate. Graphics: map base Airbus / Google Earth, graphics Øyvind Bye Skille/news The suspected shooter was on a roof less than 150 meters from the lectern where Donald Trump stood. The others who were hit, killed and injured were, among other things, in the stands behind the presidential candidate. Graphics: map base Airbus / Google Earth, graphics Øyvind Bye Skille/news Published 14.07.2024, at 18.48 Updated 14.07.2024, at 20.34
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