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Trump Rally Shooting: Injured Victim Emerges from Medically Induced Coma, Now in Stable Condition
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One of the victims shot during former President Donald Trump’s Saturday rally in Pennsylvania has come out of a medically-induced coma.

ABC News reports that David Dutch, 57, was shot in the chest and liver, according to the Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania. Dutch is no longer in a medically induced coma and has been upgraded from critical to stable condition.

As CrimeOnline previously reported, The shooter, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, shot Trump in the ear, and killed a rally attendee seated behind the GOP candidate. He wounded two others, identified as Dutch and James Copenhaver, 74.

The man killed in the incident was identified Sunday as a firefighter and avid Trump supporter, Corey Comperatore. He leaves behind two daughters.

Trump has backed a GoFundMe campaign for rally attendees and victims, according to NorthJersey.com.

Buildings that are adjacent to The Butler Farm Show, site of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, are seen Monday July 15, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Thomas Crooks fire from the roof of the building complex and wounded Trump on July 13 during an assassination attempt. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Despite reportedly standing out conspicuously, Crooks managed to avoid confrontation and secured a rooftop position directly under a local police sniper team stationed inside the building, law enforcement sources told The New York Post.

Sources confirmed that officers were inside the building, but not on the roof during the shooting. Crooks managed to climb the building, perch on the rooftop and fire up to eight rounds with an AR-style rifle.

The Secret Service stated that local police were in charge of securing the building, which is on an open campus. Before the rally, the building was listed as a being a “potential vulnerability.”

State police reportedly assigned up to 40 troopers to the inside perimeter but none to the outside buildings. A local police officer reportedly scaled the building shortly before the shooting, but retreated when Crooks aimed a rifle at him.

Meanwhile, Crooks’ family is said to be cooperating with police. His father Matthew Crooks, 53, told CNN he was trying to figure out “what the hell is going on,” and needed to “wait until I talk to law enforcement” before making further comment.

Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi stated that Crooks fired “multiple shots” before agents “neutralized” him. An autopsy confirmed that Crooks was fatally shot in the head.

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[Feature Photo:Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives on the first day of the Republican National Convention, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci))