Hero Trump rally victim Corey Comperatore died shielding family and 'would've done it again': friend

The volunteer firefighter who died shielding his family from a sniper's bullets intended for former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, is being remembered as a selfless "girl dad" and churchgoing family man who regularly put others before himself.

Corey Comperatore, 50, died Saturday night while shielding his wife and family from gunfire after a 20-year-old man snuck onto a roof and started shooting at Trump during a rally in the Pennsylvania town.

"It's just so typical of him, the way it all happened, with protecting his wife and his daughter and just throwing himself on top of them when they hear the shooting," said Eileen Shamanski, whose children grew up playing soccer alongside Comperatore's daughters.

"He was an all around good guy that was always there to lend a hand and support not just his own children but all the other kids who were friends of their girls and on the team," she told Fox News Digital. "He had a just give it your all attitude, [and] a lot of kids respected him for that, just always being there supporting, giving those pep talks to get them going. It's going to be a big loss."

Their families have been close for years due to their girls' common interest in travel soccer, she said. And although Comperatore worked long hours and was a volunteer firefighter in his downtime, he never missed a game or a practice, she said.

"We didn't think it was true at first, when my daughters called me crying," she said. "Then we saw his wife and daughter on the news, when they were tending to him – it was just a sad thing to see, so sad, but I know he would've done it again in a heartbeat if it came down to it."