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Corey Comperatore, the man who was shot and killed at the Trump rally while shielding his family from gunfire, was an engineer at JSP International, a maker of expanded polymer products, according to reporting from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He was also a lifetime volunteer firefighter and former chief of the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Co.

Comperatore is the only fatality, other than the gunman, at the time of writing from the shooting at the Trump rally in Butler, PA, on July 13. A bullet appeared to graze former President Trumps right ear, and two other people were wounded. They were listed in stable condition yesterday, according to media reports. The shooter was killed by Secret Service snipers.

Comperatore, 50, was seated in a section of the bleachers just to Trumps right, according to an AP report. At the pops of gunshots, he dove to cover his wife and daughter. A bullet struck his head, reported the wire service.

Yesterday, time stopped, wrote his daughter Allyson on a Facebook post shared by William E. Lewis Jr. What was supposed to be an exciting day that we had all looked forward to (ESPECIALLY my dad), turned into the most traumatizing experience someone could imagine.

The media will not tell you that he died a real-life superhero, she continued. They are not going to tell you how quickly he threw my mom and I to the ground. They are not going to tell you that he shielded my body from the bullet that came at us, wrote Allyson Comperatore.

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support Allyson and her family. At the time of writing, it has raised over one million dollars.

Comperatore was employed at JSP for almost 30 years, starting as a shift supervisor in 1995. In January 2019, he was promoted to project and tooling engineer.

JSP supplies engineering materials to automotive, HVAC, packaging, sports, and consumer goods manufacturers globally. Its signature products include ARPRO, an impact energy management material, and ARPLANK, expanded polyethylene containing 30% recycled content for cushioning applications.

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