Man wounded during 2024 Trump rally shooting in Butler County, Pennsylvania dies
His family said he died surrounded by loved ones after years of complications from gunshot wounds that required multiple surgeries.
- On Thursday, House Republicans confirmed that Jim Copenhaver, a 74-year-old survivor of the 2024 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died.
- Copenhaver sustained life-altering injuries on July 13, 2024, when Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at the Butler Farm Show grounds, wounding Copenhaver and David Dutch while killing Corey Comperatore.
- After the shooting, Copenhaver endured recurring stomach pain, weight loss of approximately 30 pounds, and needed a cane to walk. In June 2026, he and Dutch sued the United States, alleging Secret Service security failures.
- Congressional investigations identified significant breakdowns in security planning and communication surrounding the rally. Copenhaver had recorded video shortly before the attack that appeared to show Crooks moving across the roof from which he later fired.
- The 2024 assassination attempt became a defining moment of the presidential campaign, connecting families of the victims through tragedy. Legal efforts to obtain accountability for alleged security failures continue as the nation remembers the Butler shooting.
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Trump mourns death of Jim Copenhaver, wounded in 2024 Butler rally shooting
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday called Jim Copenhaver “a true American Patriot” after the Pennsylvania man, wounded in the July 2024 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, died at age 76. Copenhaver died Wednesday at Allegheny Health Network’s West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.… The post Trump mourns death of Jim Copenhaver, wounded in 2024 Butler rally sho…
In the attack on Donald Trump in 2024, three people were shot dead in the audience, one of them. Now, according to reports, another of them died of the consequences of his serious injuries.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General reported that Jim Copenhagen had died "from complications" related to his gunshot wounds.
James Copenhaver, one of three people shot in an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at a campaign rally, has died, Sky News reports. He was in the stands at the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop. During the assassination attempt on the then-presidential candidate, one of the bullets grazed Trump's right ear. Copenhaver was shot in the arm and abdomen, sustaining serious …
He was one of the three affected in the audience during the shooting.
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