Comperatore died while shielding his family during the attempted assassination of Trump
Corey Comperatore's body is escorted by the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department
The 50 year-old hero died after being shot by the would-be Trump assassin on July 13, 2024. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Firefighter Corey Comperatore’s gear will be placed on the stage during former President Donald Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention.
Sources told Fox News that Comperatore’s fire helmet and jacket are being shipped to Milwaukee by his family and will be placed on the stage of the convention just before Trump’s remarks.
Comperatore, a 50-year-old Server, Pennsylvania resident and volunteer firefighter, was killed while shielding his family from the gunfire last week when a would-be assassin opened fire on Trump during a rally in Butler. Trump and two others, 74-year-old James Copenhaver and 57-year-old David Dutch, were also injured in the shooting.
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A memorial for volunteer firefighter Corey Comperatore, an attendee killed during gunfire at a campaign rally of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, is displayed at the Buffalo Township Fire Company 27 in Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 14, 2024. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Comperatore’s wife, Helen Comperatore, told the New York Post that the couple were close to celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary when they went to the event last week.
"He’s my hero," Helen Comperatore said, going on to describe her husband’s last words as gun fire erupted at the event. "He just said, ‘get down!’ That was the last thing he said."
"Me and the kids were all there as a family," she added. "He was just excited. It was going to be a nice day with the family.
Former Buffalo Township Fire Chief Corey Comperatore pictured with his daughters in an undated family photo. Authorities say Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, struck and killed Comperatore in the crossfire. Secret Service agents returned fire, killing Crooks. (Helen Comperatore/Facebook)
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Corey Comperatore served as a fire chief for the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company. The department set up a memorial with Comperatore’s uniform outside of the firehouse to honor him in the days after his death, describing him as a "brother, son, husband, father and friend."
Helen Comperatore said that President Biden has reached out to her following the incident, but noted she "didn’t want to talk to him."
An undated image of Corey Comperatore. Comperatore, a former fire chief, was killed in a shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13, 2024. Allyson Comperatore/Facebook (Allyson Comperatore/Facebook)
"I didn’t talk to Biden," she said. "My husband was a devout Republican and he would not have wanted me to talk to him."
"I don’t have any ill-will towards Joe Biden," she added. "I’m not one of those people that gets involved in politics. I support Trump, that’s who I’m voting for but I don’t have ill-will towards Biden."
