Youngkin orders Virginia flags to fly at half-staff in memory of Corey Comperatore

Published July 15, 2024 12:58pm ET



Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) has ordered all Virginia flags to be flown at half-staff in memory of Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief who was killed at former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.

The rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, saw Trump barely survive his assassination attempt, suffering an injury to his right ear before being ushered to his motorcade. Comperatore, who had been a fire chief in the area, had his identity confirmed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), with Comperatore’s sister writing on X that her brother died shielding his family from the shooter’s gunfire.

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