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EXCLUSIVE: PITTSBURGH —A Pittsburgh attorney representing the two men wounded in the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump is seeking accountability after they were left with life-altering injuries.
James Copenhaver, 74, and David Dutch, 57, sustained critical wounds after they were both shot twice at the rally.
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“I think we’re going to get to the bottom of that here at some point, whether that’s through the [congressional] task force, through these investigations or if we do have to file a lawsuit. We’ll definitely get answers through that process,” Joseph Feldman, attorney at the Law Offices of Max C. Feldman, told Fox News Digital Monday. His office is exploring “different avenues” to get accountability after the shooting that forever altered his clients’ lives.
“We’re limited in our ability to … conduct a full investigation, but it will come to light.”
— Joseph Feldman
Copenhaver and Dutch are both recovering from their injuries at home with their families and are “on the path to recovery” despite having “some setbacks,” Feldman said.
TRUMP SHOOTING: TIMELINE OF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
Attorney Joseph Feldman is seeking accountability for James Copenhaver and David Dutch, the two men critically wounded during the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump.(Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)
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Both victims have lingering questions about how gunman Thomas Crooks was able to get onto the roof of the nearby one-story, American Glass Research (AGR) building and shoot at Trump about 150 yards from the candidate’s podium. The building was located near the rally but technically not within the official perimeter.
“[W]e’re the United States of America,” Feldman said. “We pump tons of money into security resources in this country, especially dealing with the federal government. And you go to a rally to provide political support for a politician … the security is provided by the federal government, and it fails.”
“I think that’s their biggest question — how could this happen?”
— Joseph Feldman
Copenhaver and Dutch are also wondering how Crooks was able to park his vehicle and fly a drone about 200 yards from where the former president would be speaking between about 3:50 p.m. and 4 p.m. that day. FBI Director Christopher Wray testified during a July 17 congressional hearing that Crooks had been at the rally site for about 70 minutes on the morning of the assassination attempt.
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT VICTIM JAMES COPENHAVER ‘SAD’ WITH STATE OF ‘POLITICAL DIVISION’ IN US
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David Dutch walks from the Trump rally with critical gunshot wounds.(Facebook/Republican Committee of Beaver County)
James Copenhaver sustained “life-altering injuries” at the Trump rally in Butler when he was shot during an assassination attempt against the former president.(Family handout)
“How is the airspace not shut down? Or why did the federal government not have their own drones up there to monitor the scene, make sure they know exactly who’s coming in and out days in advance?” Feldman, who served in the U.S. Army for seven years and spent about one year in Afghanistan, wondered.
They also have lingering questions about who Crooks is “or the contents of his phone, or how he had access to these firearms or a firearm, or how he had access to explosive devices.”
“[A]ll these security measures in place in this country, and this individual shooter seems to just kind of slip through the cracks.”
— Joseph Feldman
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Feldman reflected on his own experience in the U.S. military.
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Feldman reflected on his own experience in the U.S. military while discussing the July 13 assassination attempt on President Trump and how gunman Thomas Crooks was able to get access to a nearby rooftop.(Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)
“Not everything you say to your leadership goes directly to the top. And even if you know something’s going on, sometimes you know you’re not allowed to do anything about it, or you don’t have those orders. So, I’m curious,” Feldman said. “I served in Afghanistan for just right around a year, and we … ran hundreds of thousands of miles of missions. And nobody ever got that close to you.”
The House task force wants to hear from tipsters and whistleblowers to determine how 20-year-old Crooks was able to climb HVAC equipment and piping to get to the roof of the AGR building and hide there until he began shooting around 6:11 p.m.
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ATTEMPTED TRUMP ASSASSIN SEEN WALKING AROUND PENNSYLVANIA RALLY HOURS BEFORE OPENING FIRE
A map detailing the locations of interest related to the investigation of Thomas Crooks’ attempted assassination of former President Trump in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. (Provided by Sen. Chuck Grassley )
The FBI said during a July press call that Crooks had a DPMS AR-15-style gun with a collapsible stock when he entered the area of the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds, where Trump’s campaign rally took place.
The Trump campaign announced the Butler rally July 3. Three days later, on July 6, Crooks signed up for the event. That same day, he researched how far Lee Harvey Oswald was from President Kennedy when Oswald assassinated him in 1963. On July 7, Crooks traveled to the rally site and spent approximately 20 minutes in the area, according to the FBI.
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Crooks began taking shooting lessons in 2023, and he made 25 online gun purchases using an alias in the spring of 2023.
Thomas Crooks at the Trump rally July 13 in Butler, Pa.(Sen. Ron Johnson)
Crooks’ father legally purchased the AR-15-style rifle Crooks used at the rally, and he legally transferred it to his son. Crooks also legally purchased 50 rounds of ammunition from a local gun store the morning of the rally.
VIDEO FROM TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT VICTIM’S POV SHOWS FIGURE MOVING ON ROOF MOMENTS BEFORE GUNFIRE
Rally attendees previously told Fox News Digital people were pointing to a person on the AGR roof before gunfire began. A video shared exclusively with Fox News Digital from Copenhaver’s perspective at the rally shows a figure that appears to be Crooks clearly walking across the roof of the AGR building just three minutes before he began shooting.
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WATCH JAMES COPENHAVER’S POV:
“How do you get on a roof in an open field with people yelling that somebody’s getting on a roof, with snipers … adjacent to them. … And you don’t see him until he pops off his first round? That’s their job. That’s why they’re there. Secret Service isn’t there to listen to Donald Trump’s speech or his stats on immigration,” Feldman said.
“We saw it in the video. We all watched Thomas Crooks walk right across that rooftop from below, where the shooters were positioned from a lower vantage point.”
— Joseph Feldman
Authorities first reported seeing a suspicious person near the rally site at least an hour before Crooks began shooting, according to Congress and the FBI. Local law enforcement notified command about the suspicious person and received confirmation that the Secret Service was aware of his presence.
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Former President Trump was injured at a Pennsylvania rally July 13.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
It is still unclear how Crooks evaded security even after being noticed by law enforcement more than an hour before shots rang out, but the FBI said more than 300 agents and staff are working “round the clock” to gather facts and put together a clearer timeline of Crooks’ actions.
Investigators located eight rounds on the roof where Crooks fired from, the agency said.
Trump took the podium around 6 p.m., an hour after he was scheduled to speak. Eleven minutes later, Crooks fired multiple rounds, killing 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, a husband and father of two girls who served as a fire chief for the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department.
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FBI officials are trying to determine Crooks’ motive behind the assassination attempt and whether he had any co-conspirators, though the agency has said there are no signs to indicate there were others involved.
How can people possibly afford to live in one of the most expensive cities on the planet? It’s a question New Yorkers hear a lot, often delivered with a mix of awe, pity and confusion.
We surveyed hundreds of New Yorkers about how they spend, splurge and save. We found that many people — rich, poor or somewhere in between — live life as a series of small calculations that add up to one big question: What makes living in New York worth it?
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Ernest Suarez loves everything about his job. He loves working with children with disabilities, scanning a room during a lesson to pick out which students may need to take a walk in the hallway or get some extra help later in the day. He loves the joyful chaos of recess.
He even loves his commute, especially on nice days, when he bikes from his home in the Norwood section of the Bronx over the Willis Avenue Bridge into Manhattan — which ends up saving him $6 a day in transit card swipes.
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But his salary, $40,000, has made it difficult to support his three sons as the city he grew up in gets more and more expensive. Mr. Suarez’s wife, Michelle Suarez, 36, works at a nonprofit and made $45,000 last year.
Earlier this year, Mr. Suarez, 43, had a major surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his spine. It took him months to get his disability payments, and his wife cut her hours to help take care of her bedridden husband. Mr. Suarez had never felt so financially squeezed and so grateful for his biweekly paycheck of $1,000 to kick back in after his medical leave.
Room and Board Times Two
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The couple’s oldest son, John, who is 19 and preparing to enter the military, lives with them, as does their youngest, Jaxson, who recently turned 2.
They rent a two-bedroom apartment for $1,700 a month, and it’s tight with a toddler and a teenager. John has one bedroom, and the couple has the other.
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When Jaxson was born, Mr. Suarez converted part of the living room into a nursery, wrapping it in a safari-themed wallpaper.
The couple’s middle son, Heaven, 18, is in his first year at a university upstate, near the Canadian border. Mr. Suarez and Ms. Suarez put aside a major chunk of their income, about $500 a month, to support Heaven, who is on a full scholarship and has an on-campus job, but still needs help with the cost of room and board.
The cost of keeping Heaven in college leaves very little left over after paying for rent and other necessities, including box after box of diapers for Jaxson.
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“It’s a sacrifice,” Mr. Suarez said. “Money is on my mind a lot.”
Every Little Bit Counts
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The couple were shocked when they toured nearby day cares and found that the prices had skyrocketed since their older sons needed child care. Mr. Suarez’s union, the United Federation of Teachers, offers a child care navigator that helps its members find which subsidies they are eligible for and which day cares have availability nearby. The couple qualified for a child care voucher, which allows them to pay $11 a week at day care that would otherwise cost $600.
The family spends between $100 and $150 a week on groceries from BJ’s or Stop & Shop, which they get through Instacart to save time.
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They rarely eat out, but when they do splurge, they often go to Carmine’s in Times Square, where a plate of rigatoni with sausage and broccoli runs $39.95. The family also loves a day at their nearest movie theater, Regal Concourse, but tickets and snacks for everyone can cost $100 or more.
For truly special occasions, Mr. Suarez treats himself to a wrestling match at Madison Square Garden or the Barclays Center, but he almost never pays full price. Instead, he waits until the day before the event and then scrolls StubHub for cheaper tickets, which still means about $100 a head.
He usually takes one of his sons. “My wife doesn’t like it,” he said.
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Keeping the Lights On
Mr. Suarez is one of the lowest paid members of his union, which is currently pushing the city to raise wages for paraprofessionals. But being a member of one of the city’s most powerful unions has major benefits.
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When Mr. Suarez’s doctors found the tumor on his spine, the first estimate he received for a surgery to remove it was $177,000. After he applied his union insurance, the bill came down to about $100 total.
But the physical, mental and financial recovery from the procedure left Mr. Suarez reeling. The couple relied on his wife’s paychecks to keep the lights on as their electricity bill climbed to $140 a month following the coldest weeks of winter.
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Mr. Suarez told his landlord he would have to be a month or two late on rent, and the landlord waived the usual late fee. He tried to apply for food stamp benefits, but found that his family didn’t qualify because their income last year was too high. He visited a few nearby food pantries to make sure his sons had enough to eat.
His first delayed disability check was so low that it only helped him get his bank account out of overdraft, and up to $5.
One of the toughest sacrifices was that the family could not afford to pay for Heaven to come home from college during spring break, because the round-trip bus ticket would have been close to $300.
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By the spring, when Mr. Suarez was able to return to work, he knew his family needed something to lift their spirits after a brutal winter.
They surprised Jaxson, who is obsessed with animals, with a French bulldog puppy that a friend gave them.
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Now the puppy, Oreo, sleeps right next to Jaxson’s crib every night. And when Jaxson wakes up in the morning, he tells Oreo he loves him and gives the dog a big hug. Mr. Suarez choked up as he described the new morning routine.
“That’s the end of the rainbow,” he said.
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Boston has won more major sports championships than any American city this millennium, so it only makes sense the World Cup will be coming to the city.
While “Boston Stadium” isn’t actually in the city, tourists coming to catch the seven World Cup games in Foxborough will be looking to spend plenty of time in Boston. The city is brimming with history, as one of the key cities of the American Revolution, and has plenty to offer in terms of food, drink and recreation as well.
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Here’s all you need to know about Boston as it prepares to help host the 2026 World Cup:
What games are in Boston?
The Boston region has drawn seven games for the 2026 World Cup, five in the group stage and two in the knockout rounds. They are as follows:
June 13: Haiti vs. Scotland
June 16: Iraq vs. Norway
June 19: Scotland vs. Morocco
June 23: England vs. Ghana
June 26: Norway vs. France
June 29: Round of 32
July 9: Quarterfinals
Where are the games in Boston being played?
The Boston World Cup games aren’t actually going to be played in Boston. They will be played at Gillette Stadium – which has been renamed “Boston Stadium” for the World Cup – in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is about 22 miles south of Boston.
Boston Stadium was constructed in 2002 and has a seating capacity of up to 68,756. The stadium was renovated in 2023 and now possesses a 22,000-square-foot outdoor video board.
Boston Stadium has hosted many CONCACAF Gold Cup games and Copa America games throughout its history, along with numerous friendly matches between international foes. It also hosted four matches during the 2003 Women’s World Cup, including the USWNT’s 1-0 quarterfinal win over Norway, during which Abby Wambach scored the decisive goal in the 24th minute.
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The multi-purpose stadium is also home to the NFL’s New England Patriots, MLS’s New England Revolution and the NWSL’s Boston Legacy.
How to get around in Boston
Boston’s primary public transit system is the MBTA, and tourists can use the subway system – known colloquially as “The T” – to get around the city with relative ease. The city is also walkable and has BLUEbikes for rent.
Getting to Foxborough for the game will be a bit more challenging, but the MBTA has introduced an express train line – the “Boston Stadium Train service” – between South Station and Foxboro Station for easy access to Boston Stadium. A total of 14 trains will run without stops between the two stations for each match.
The train ride from the city to the stadium is estimated to take about an hour. Tickets – which are round-trip – are priced at $80.
There will be no MBTA subway or bus service to the stadium aside from the Boston Stadium Train services. As such, those unwilling or unable to get tickets for the train will need to consider driving the 22 miles to Foxborough or getting a rideshare to the stadium.
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Where to stay in Boston
Before you start looking for hotels, it’s imperative to decide whether you’d like to stay in Boston or closer to the stadium in Foxborough.
Boston has countless distinct neighborhoods, with Downtown, the North End, Back Bay and the Seaport representing just a smattering of the options for those looking to stay in the city. All have a mix of upscale, moderately priced and budget options.
Meanwhile, there are also a smattering of hotels in Foxborough and neighboring Walpole for those preferring to stay closer to the stadium.
Where to eat in Boston
Boston is loaded with good restaurants, especially in the North End, where every restaurant is great. Here are some of the best places to check out:
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Union Oyster House. Any time a restaurant has been open for 200 years, you know it’s good. It’s on the Freedom Trail and a block from Faneuil Hall and serves up plenty of great seafood.
Mamma Maria. You can’t go wrong with any Italian restaurant in the North End, and Mamma Maria’s ever-changing daily menu guarantees you are getting a great, fresh meal.
The Dubliner. If you’re looking to tap into Boston’s Irish heritage, The Dubliner may be the spot for you. They have a World Cup schedule on their website as well, so it could be a place to eat and catch some of the tournament action.
Sweet Cheeks Q. Boston may not be known for its barbecue, but Sweet Cheeks’ Texas-style BBQ is quite good. Their biscuits and honey butter are particularly good, so swing by if you’re in the Fenway area.
Regina Pizzeria. “Boston’s Original Pizzeria” has been around for 100 years. If you’re looking for a good slice, there’s no better place to grab one.
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Mike’s Pastry. If dessert is your speed, Mike’s has some of the best cannoli in town.
What else to do in Boston
The World Cup games may be in Foxborough, but there is plenty to do in Boston. There are plenty of attractions for history buffs and sports fans alike on non-match days.
Here are a few options for things to do around Boston during your stay:
The Freedom Trail. If you’re an history buff, there’s no better way to explore the city of Boston’s role in the American Revolution than the Freedom Trail. The 2.5-mile trail takes you on a tour of some of the city’s most notable historical sites including museums, churches, meeting houses and burying grounds. Schedule a tour or do a self-guided one across the clearly-marked trail.
Boston Duck Tours. Ever see the Duck Boats during a Boston sports parade and thought, “Man, I’d really like to ride on one of those.” Now is your chance! The unique tour allows its participants to see Boston both by land and by sea without ever leaving the comfort of the Duck Boat.
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Fenway Park. MLB’s oldest stadium opened in 1912 and is still home to the Boston Red Sox. The ballpark’s one-of-a-kind dimensions make watching a game there a great deal of fun, while the historic charm of the stadium will connect you to a century’s worth of baseball history. Even if the Sox aren’t in town, you can schedule a tour of the ballpark to learn more about the stadium and baseball in the city of Boston.
Sam Adams Brewery. Boston’s most famous locally brewed beer was founded in 1984 and named after one of the country’s founding fathers, Samuel Adams. The brewery offers tours and a taste of some of their most famous flavors, including Boston Lager and their summertime staple Porch Rocker, and perhaps a lesson about who is actually on the Sam Adams bottle (it is not Samuel Adams!).
Boston Public Garden and Boston Common. If you’re looking to soak up some summertime sun, head over to the Boston Public Garden and Boston Common. Go for a ride on the Swan Boats and if your little ones get hot, send them to cool off in the spray pool at the Frog Pond.
(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
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(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported Friday that a 19-year-old New Castle man was charged for tailgating following a two-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh on May 11th.
Christopher Glidden Jr. was driving on Interstate 376 West near the Boulevard of the Allies ramp at about 5:23 p.m. when he rear-ended a vehicle driven by 32-year-old Kimberly Brooks of Pittsburgh, according to police.
Police said both drivers were attempting to merge into the left lane at the time of the crash. Brooks suffered a suspected minor injury and was transported from the scene.
