The second man injured during the attempt t o assassinate former President Donald Trump was discharged from the hospital Friday, a spokesperson for Allegheny Health Network said Sunday.
“David Dutch was discharged from Allegheny General Hospital on July 24, and James Copenhaver was discharged on July 26,” said Dan Laurent, the health network’s vice president of corporate communications.
Copenhaver, 74, was critically injured during the shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Copenhaver’s family said in a statement in the days after the shooting that he was recovering from “life-altering” injuries.
“The Copenhaver family would like to thank you for your continued thoughts, prayers, and support as Jim and his family recover from this horrible, senseless, and unnecessary act of violence,” i t said.
The other injured rallygoer, Dutch, 57, was discharged from Allegheny General Hospital on Wednesday, according to Allegheny Health.
Former fire chief Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed at the rally. Officials said Comperatore dived over his wife and two daughters to protect them when the shooting started.
Gunshots rang out just minutes into Trump’s rally on July 13. A bullet or fragments of it hit Trump’s ear, the FBI confirmed Friday.
The gunman was identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, who was shot and killed by a Secret Service sharpshooter, according to authorities.
The House voted without opposition Wednesday to establish a bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt. House leaders said the task force would aim to understand what went wrong so they could ensure it does not happen again.
One form of accountability many members of Congress called for was realized when Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned last week. Cheatle was criticized by lawmakers who said that the agency was ill – prepared to prevent the attack and that her testimony before Congress demonstrated a lack of preparedness.
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