One of the two men shot by Donald Trump‘s would-be assassin has been released from hospital after 11 days.
Former marine David Dutch, 57, was released from Allegheny General Hospital on Wednesday after being shot in the chest and liver, as reported by ABC News.
He was among the crowd at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire, missing the former president but killing Corey Competore, 50.
Dutch was initially placed in a medically induced coma.
His family said in a statement: ‘David and our entire family are especially grateful to all the first responders and medical professionals who saved his life, including the Life Flight and trauma surgical teams.
Former marine David Dutch , 57, was released from Allegheny General Hospital on Wednesday after being shot in the chest and liver
He was among the crowd at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania , when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire, missing the former president but killing Corey Competore, 50
‘We also offer our deepest condolences and prayers for the other victims of this tragic event and their families.’
Meanwhile 74-year-old James Copenhaver remains in ‘serious condition’ after being shot at the rally.
Many questions remain nearly two weeks after the failed attempt on Trump’s life.
Crooks is believed to have done a Google search one week before the shooting of ‘How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?’ FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday, revealing new details about a suspect he said had taken a keen interest in public figures but had otherwise not left behind clear clues of an ideological motive.
The shooter has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks
The July 6 online search, recovered from a laptop the FBI says is tied to Crooks, is a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald, the shooter who killed President John F. Kennedy from a sniper’s perch in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism.
The investigation has thrust the bureau into a political maelstrom months before the presidential election.
Lawmakers and the public are pressing for details about what may have motivated Crooks in the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.
The agency has built out a detailed timeline of Crooks’ movements and online activity, but the precise motive — or why Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, was singled out — remains elusive, Wray said.
The FBI’s assessment continues to be that Crooks, who was killed by a Secret Service counter sniper, acted alone.
Trump supporters are seen covered with blood in the stands after guns were fired at the rally
On Tuesday, Kimberly Cheatle resigned as the agency’s director amid mounting questions over her the colossal security failures at the rally.
Cheatle took responsibility for the catastrophic lapses after she was lambasted by Republicans and Democrats alike when she appeared before Congress on Monday.
The security chief had faced mounting questions over why an agent was not stationed on the roof from where Crooks opened fire on the former president, and why Trump was allowed to take the stage even when a threat was detected.
Crooks had been identified as a suspicious person hours before the shooting took place.
Corey Comperatore was killed by the assassin’s bullet as eight shots were fired at Trump
Meanwhile 74-year-old James Copenhaver remains in ‘serious condition’ after being shot at the rally
He was shot dead by a sniper but not before he was able to discharge a volley of bullets into the crowd.
Wray said Crooks used mechanical equipment on the ground and vertical piping, to hoist himself up onto the roof of a squat manufacturing building that was within 135 meters (157 yards) of the stage.
He fired eight shots from an AR-style rifle before he was killed.
The Warren Commission report that analyzed the Kennedy assassination assessed that Kennedy had been shot through the neck at a range of 174.9 feet to 190.8 feet.
