BUTLER COUNTY, Pa.—Bagpipes pierced the air. Motorcycle engines roared. And a country music star crooned a specially written ballad, topped off with booming fireworks.
As echoes of those daylong tributes to Corey Comperatore faded late Saturday night, the slain hero’s wife, daughters, and their close-knit community quietly inched toward healing.
Unresolved questions have thwarted that process for a year, although government officials released a few updates just before the one-year anniversary of Comperatore’s slaying and the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.
Butler residents grew teary-eyed as they told The Epoch Times about the impact of Comperatore’s death, and many said they still wonder about the circumstances surrounding it….