Mourners Gather for Funeral of Man Slain at Trump Rally in Pennsylvania
The New York Times
Corey Comperatore’s funeral was held on Friday at the church where he was a longtime member.
Hundreds of people assembled in a corner of western Pennsylvania on Friday to say their final goodbyes to Corey Comperatore, the father of two who was killed during the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump last weekend.
A procession of police cars, motorcycles and fire trucks marked the beginning of the funeral proceedings on Friday morning, ahead of a private service. A fire truck draped in black bunting brought Mr. Comperatore’s coffin, wrapped in an American flag, to Cabot Church, a Methodist congregation where Mr. Comperatore, 50, was a longtime member.
Mr. Comperatore’s life revolved around this pocket of Pennsylvania: He grew up in Sarver and still lived there with his high school sweetheart and two daughters. He attended church in Cabot and graduated from high school in nearby Freeport.
People here are not accustomed to crowds, but Mr. Comperatore’s death thrust the community into the national spotlight.
“You couldn’t comprehend that happened,” said Michael Drane, 66, who stood across the street from the church Friday morning to pay tribute to a man he had only known as a familiar face in the neighborhood. He blinked back tears as he recalled the violence on Saturday. “Not here. Not home.”
Nearby, a gentle breeze blew against a giant American flag hanging from a fire truck parked next to the church. A sign outside the church read: “Our hearts are broken for the Comperatores.”
