Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni commended former volunteer fire chief and Italian American Corey Comperatore, who was killed by an attempted assassin at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Comperatore was hit by one of the approximately eight rounds allegedly fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20. He used his body to shield his wife and daughter when he was hit above the ear, killing him. His actions earned the attention of Meloni, partly due to his Italian heritage.