A longtime rally attendee who suffered life-threatening injuries during the July assassination attempt on former President Trump has died at age 76. Jim Copenhaver, who was struck by gunfire while shielding others at the Butler, Pennsylvania, event, was one of two attendees wounded when a bullet narrowly missed Trump. His death comes days after the shooting, which left the former president with a grazed ear and sent shockwaves through the nation. The incident remains under investigation as authorities continue to piece together the motives behind the attack.
President Trump mourned the loss of Jim Copenhaver, the man who was shot and injured during the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pa., in 2024. Copenhaver died earlier this week. He was 76. He was one of the two attendees who were shot at the rally where a bullet grazed Trump’s ear. Copenhaver was struck...
