FIRST ON FOX – David Dutch, one of many two surviving victims of a July 13 assassination try towards former President Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, issued a press release Wednesday night for the primary time since he was launched from Allegheny County Basic Hospital final month.
Dutch, a 57-year-old Marine veteran, was shot twice whereas standing within the bleachers behind the place Trump was talking from a stage when gunfire rang out at 6:11 p.m. on July 13.
“David, his wife, Sheree, and the rest of the Dutch family wish to express their sincerest gratitude for the enormous level of support that they have received from their friends, their fellow Americans, and everyone else, whether domestic or abroad, that have kept David and his family in their prayers,” the Dutch household mentioned in a press release via his lawyer at The Regulation Places of work of Max C. Feldman.
Additionally they thanked “the brave men and women that saved his life, including, but not limited to, the police officers, the medics, the life flight crew, and the medical professionals of Allegheny General Hospital, as well as those who continue to care for him as he navigates the road to recovery.”
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David ‘Jake’ Dutch is a Marine Corps veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm in 1991. (Fb)
“Further, David and his family wish to express their thoughts and prayers for the family of Corey Comperatore, who died a hero while shielding his wife and daughters from oncoming gunfire at the rally, for James Copenhaver, who survived two gunshot wounds at the rally while exercising his fundamental right to freely express his support for a political candidate, and for President Trump, who did not cower in face of danger and continues his fight to make America great again and restore America’s position as the most powerful and economically sound country in the world,” the assertion continues.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face as a number of pictures rang out throughout a marketing campaign rally on the Butler Farm Present in Butler, Pennsylvania. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Comperatore, a husband, father of two and former hearth chief for the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fireplace Division, died after he was shot whereas defending his spouse and daughters from gunfire.
Each Dutch and 74-year-old James Copenhaver, who was additionally shot twice and critically injured on the rally, have retained attorneys Nicholas Feldman and Joseph Feldman of the Regulation Places of work of Max C. Feldman “to protect their best interests as they navigate the most challenging time of their lives.”
Trump slumped earlier than being whisked away by Secret Service with accidents seen to the facet of his head. Butler County district lawyer Richard Goldinger mentioned the shooter and one viewers member are lifeless and one other was injured. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Pictures)
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Federal authorities are nonetheless working to find out the motive behind shooter Thomas Crooks’ assassination try on Trump.
The FBI is asking anybody with details about the incident to ship tricks to FBI.gov/butler or name 1-800-CALL-FBI.
