by Mark Steffen at Trending Politics
David Dutch, a military veteran who was seriously wounded during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump earlier this month, has been discharged from the hospital.
Dutch, 57, was released from Allegheny General Hospital in Pennsylvania on Wednesday after undergoing 11 days of treatment, including surgery for bullet wounds suffered in the chest and liver, hospital officials told the New York Post. The Trump supporter was one of two attendees at a July 13th rally in Butler where Trump was struck in the ear by a round and another rallygoer was killed. The 20-year-old gunman was shot and killed by a team of snipers seconds after opening fire.
Immediately following the shooting, the New Kensington man was rushed to the hospital and put into a medically induced coma while acute care doctors triaged his bullet wounds and treated him in multiple surgeries, according to the Marine Corps League’s (MCL) Department of Pennsylvania. Another rally participant, James Copenhaver, is still fighting for his life in a serious but stable condition. The 74-year-old father is a resident of Moon Township and experienced “life-altering injuries” after being shot, according to a statement by the family.
A third victim, 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, a volunteer firefighter and “girl dad,” was struck in the face and killed instantly. The father of two daughters died shielding his family on stage from the gunfire and tragically was not initially planning to be front and center that day. According to a relative, Comperatore and his family were comped front row seats by others on stage who noticed him helping his daughters try and get a better view of the Republican president they loved and came to see.
Gunman Thomas Crooks was neutralized after firing eight or more rounds…
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