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James Copenhaver was among three people injured when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from a rooftop during a Donald Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024. The bullet grazed Trumpās right ear.
PITTSBURGH -- James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76.
Copenhaver was in the bleachers during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop, grazing Trumpās right ear with one bullet. Copenhaver was struck in the arm and in the abdomen, wounds that left him with lingering injuries and walking with a cane.

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