{"id":294455,"date":"2026-09-26T12:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T12:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/294455\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T12:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T12:04:25","slug":"man-shot-during-trump-assassination-attempt-in-pennsylvania-dies-wsb-tv-channel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/294455\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot during Trump assassination attempt in Pennsylvania dies \u2013 WSB-TV Channel 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/moon-township-man-injured-trump-rally-shooting-released-hospital\/3GWTTQGUWNGHVBD5FTQ2IDCAH4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/moon-township-man-injured-trump-rally-shooting-released-hospital\/3GWTTQGUWNGHVBD5FTQ2IDCAH4\/\" target=\"_blank\">man who was shot twice<\/a> at President Donald Trump\u2019s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally in 2024 has died, Channel 2 Action News sister station <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/moon-township-man-injured-2024-butler-trump-rally-shooting-dies\/CJPMMOZGDFGTPHYML5C5R55OJA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/moon-township-man-injured-2024-butler-trump-rally-shooting-dies\/CJPMMOZGDFGTPHYML5C5R55OJA\/\">WPXI reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/smart-tv\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HouseGOP\/status\/2103160347347607587\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HouseGOP\/status\/2103160347347607587\">confirmed on X<\/a> the death of James Copenhaver, saying he \u201cendured unimaginable hardship with strength and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jim Copenhaver, who was gravely wounded in the horrific shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Jim endured unimaginable hardship with strength and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>We join his family and loved ones in mourning his loss and praying for them\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wmAMjp2lAz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wmAMjp2lAz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Republicans (@HouseGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HouseGOP\/status\/2103160347347607587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Copenhaver was one of three people injured during the shooting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Trump sustained an ear injury, while David Dutch, 57, a Marine veteran from New Kensington, was shot once.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/friend-so-many-family-corey-comperatore-killed-butler-trump-rally-releases-statement\/S53B5VBK2JDTFKHVVFQRMY44LA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Comperatore<\/a>, 50, a former fire chief, was killed in the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In June of this year, Copenhaver and Dutch sued the United States. An attorney representing both men said a \u201ccascade\u201d of failures by the Secret Service led to their injuries<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Copenhaver\u2019s cause of death has not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">TRENDING STORIES:<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wsbtv.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 A man who was shot twice at President Donald Trump\u2019s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally in 2024 has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[121869,121461,28,30,29,76563,121464],"class_list":["post-294455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-butler-rally-shooting","tag-jim-copenhaver","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-trump-assassination-attempt","tag-trump-rally-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}