James Copenhaver, one of three attendees shot during the 2024 assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer announced Thursday. He was 76, which is a number that should have been reached decades from now, in a bed, surrounded by grandchildren, not a hospital room connected to a political rally.

Copenhaver was sitting in the bleachers at the Butler, Pennsylvania event when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop, grazing Trump's right ear with one bullet. Copenhaver took rounds to the arm and abdomen - injuries that left him with lingering damage and a permanent cane. Two other attendees were also shot: David Dutch, who survived, and Corey Comperatore, who shielded his family from gunfire before he was killed. So, to recap: one man shielded his family and died, one man lived with a cane, and one man is now dead months later. The gunman, for the record, was killed at the scene.

Copenhaver died Wednesday at Allegheny Health Network's West Penn hospital in Pittsburgh, according to a statement from the Allegheny county medical examiner cited in local media accounts. His lawyer, Joseph Feldman, said in a statement on behalf of the family that he died surrounded by loved ones. The statement did not specify whether his death was directly related to the rally injuries - a legal distinction that matters for lawsuits, and a human distinction that matters for everyone else.

Copenhaver and his wife, Marianne Copenhaver, sued the federal government in June, alleging that the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security had "utterly failed" to provide appropriate security at the rally. His injuries required multiple surgeries, including a transection of his colon, and left him with lingering kidney damage and loss of feeling in his leg. The lawsuit described the wounds as "debilitating, grievous, permanent and life altering." The White House did not immediately comment on Copenhaver's death - presumably because they were busy not commenting.