(GoRealNewsNow.com) – Almost two weeks after the harrowing incident, one of the victims shot at former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally was able to leave the hospital.
Hospital officials said that the 57-year-old Marine veteran David Dutch was discharged from Allegheny General Hospital after an 11-day stay following the July 13 shooting at Trump’s campaign event.
Dutch, from New Kensington, was hit twice—once in the chest and once in the liver—when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks started shooting from a nearby rooftop in an assassination attempt on the GOP candidate.
According to the Marine Corps League’s (MCL) Department of Pennsylvania, Dutch was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and put into a medically induced coma while undergoing multiple surgeries.
Moreover, medical staff commented that another wounded attendee, James Copenhaver, is still being treated at Allegheny, where he is listed in serious but stable condition.
Copenhaver, a 74-year-old retired grandfather from Moon Township, was also shot by Crooks and suffered “life-altering injuries.”
A third victim, 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, a married father of two and a fireman, was shot and killed during the rally while Trump suffered a graze wound to his ear.
Comperatore, a former volunteer fire chief in Buffalo Township, reportedly dove in front of his wife and kids when the gunfire started.
Shortly after the incident, Crooks was shot and killed by Secret Service agents soon after he opened fire.
The Secret Service has faced criticism for failing to prevent the shooting despite spotting Crooks on the roof before he pulled the trigger, and Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday following the backlash.
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