NEWS ALERT: Rally shooting victim’s fire gear to be placed on stage with Trump during RNC speech

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From Fox News: Firefighter Corey Comperatore’s gear will be placed on the stage during former President Donald Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention.

Sources told Fox News that Comperatore’s fire helmet and jacket are being shipped to Milwaukee by his family and will be placed on the stage of the convention just before Trump’s remarks.

Comperatore, a 50-year-old Server, Pennsylvania resident and volunteer firefighter, was killed while shielding his family from the gunfire last week when a would-be assassin opened fire on Trump during a rally in Butler. Trump and two others, 74-year-old James Copenhaver and 57-year-old David Dutch, were also injured in the shooting.

Comperatore, who had served as a fire chief for the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company, was attending the rally on Saturday with his wife and daughters. His wife, Helen Comperatore said in a recent interview with the New York Post that they were close to celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary.

“Me and the kids were all there as a family,” she recalled. “He was just excited. It was going to be a nice day with the family.”

“He’s my hero,” she added. “He just said, ‘get down!’ That was the last thing he said.”

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham posted a photo of Comperatore and his daughters, and wrote, “Please join me in lifting up Corey Comperatore’s wife Helen, their daughters Allyson and Kaylee, and their entire family in prayer. In their grief, they shared that he was a hero who “loved Jesus fiercely” and died shielding them from harm. May God comfort them in the days ahead.”

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