Man wounded in the 2024 Trump assassination attempt dies

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James Copenhaver, one of the men who was wounded during the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in 2024, has died, House Republicans said Thursday.

Copenhaver died Wednesday at a hospital at age 76, according to the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner. His cause of death was not disclosed.

“Jim endured unimaginable hardship with strength and perseverance,” House Republicans said in a statement on X. “We join his family and loved ones in mourning his loss and praying for them during this difficult time. May he rest in peace.”

Trump was speaking onstage at a rally attended by thousands in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman on a roof near the rally site opened fire. Trump, who suffered an injury to his ear, was rushed off stage with blood on his face.

Copenhaver, of Moon Township, and another man who were sitting on the far end of the bleachers to Trump’s left were both seriously injured. Corey Comperatore , a 50-year-old rally attendee, was shot and killed.

Copenhaver, then 74, was taken to Allegheny General Hospital, and his family said in a statement at the time that he was in critical condition but stable. They denounced the shooting as a “horrible, senseless, and unnecessary act of violence.”

Copenhaver was released from the hospital about two weeks later and told CNN affiliate KDKA-TV nearly a year after the shooting that a bullet tore into his triceps while another was still lodged in his body, leaving him with nerve damage.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro mourned Copenhaver in a post on X.

“Lori and I extend our prayers to James Copenhaver’s loved ones — who now, as Corey Comperatore’s family has faced for over two years — will have an empty seat at their dinner table,” Shapiro said. “The political violence that occurred in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024 is never okay. I said it at the time in Butler and I say it again today: we all have a responsibility to take down the temperature, rise above hateful rhetoric, and search for a brighter future for this nation.”

CNN has reached out to Copenhaver’s attorney and family for comment.

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众议院共和党人周四表示，在2024年宾夕法尼亚州总统唐纳德·特朗普竞选集会上遭遇刺杀未遂事件中受伤的詹姆斯·科彭哈弗已经去世。

据阿勒格尼县法医办公室消息，科彭哈弗于周三在医院去世，享年76岁。死因尚未公布。

“吉姆以坚强和毅力忍受了难以想象的苦难，”众议院共和党人在一份声明中表示。“我们与他的家人和亲友一同哀悼他的离世，并在这个艰难的时刻为他们祈祷。愿他安息。”

特朗普在宾夕法尼亚州巴特勒市举行的一场有数千人参加的竞选集会上发表演讲时，集会场地附近一栋屋顶上的枪手突然开火。特朗普耳朵受伤，脸上带着血迹被迅速送下讲台。

来自穆恩镇的科彭哈弗和另一名坐在特朗普左侧看台远端的男子均受重伤。50岁的集会参与者科里·康佩拉托雷被枪杀。

当时74岁的科彭哈弗被送往阿勒格尼总医院，他的家人当时发表声明称，他情况危急但稳定。他们谴责这起枪击事件是“可怕的、毫无意义的、不必要的暴力行为”。

科彭哈弗大约两周后出院，在枪击事件发生近一年后，他告诉 CNN 附属电视台 KDKA-TV，一颗子弹击穿了他的肱三头肌，而另一颗子弹仍然留在他的体内，导致他神经受损。

宾夕法尼亚州州长乔什·夏皮罗在 X 上发帖悼念科彭哈弗。

“我和洛里向詹姆斯·科彭哈弗的亲人致以最深切的慰问——就像科里·康佩拉托雷的家人两年多来所经历的那样——他们的餐桌上将永远缺少一个座位，”沙皮罗说道。“2024年7月13日发生在宾夕法尼亚州巴特勒的政治暴力事件永远都是不可接受的。我当时在巴特勒就说过，今天我再次重申：我们每个人都有责任缓和紧张局势，摒弃仇恨言论，为这个国家寻求更加美好的未来。”

CNN已联系科彭哈弗的律师和家人寻求置评。