Newly released 911 calls reveal moment Trump assassination attempt victims wife contacted police
More than four months after a 20-year-old gunman attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, Butler County officials have released 911 calls from that day.One redacted call came from the wife of a 74-year-old shooting victim from Moon Township, telling police her husband was shot at the rally, but she does not know what hospital he was transported to.James Copenhaver, a 74-year-old man from Moon Township, was shot and critically wounded at the rally.“Paramedics serviced him.
I called Butler Hospital.He’s not there.
They told me to call 911,” the woman can be heard telling a dispatcher.The dispatcher tells her to stay on the line and not hang up.“I won’t,” she says.Other 911 calls released by Butler County give more insight into the moment gunman Thomas Crooks fired approximately eight times, nicking Trump in the ear, killing Corey Comperatore, and injuring Copenhaver and another man named David Dutch.“Gunshots.Gunshots at the Trump rally,” one caller can be heard saying.
“You better get over here quick.”“We’re at the Butler Farm Show.We need assistance now,” says another.“We’re at the Trump assembly, and there’s a guy shooting,” another caller can be heard telling dispatchers.One woman called 911 to check in on her mother, who had been at the rally.
She notified dispatchers that there had been a shooting, and dispatchers respond that police are on the way.“What am I supposed to do?” she asks.Another caller tells dispatch that a paramedic is needed in the “green section” of the rally after “somebody passed out.”The calls reveal a chaotic scene after shots rang out at the rally, with attendees unaware whether the shooter was an active threat to those attending the event.Further investigation revealed that Crooks had accessed the roof of a nearby building by climbing HVAC equipment and piping on the side of the building, which was outside the offi...