U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Sunday that the government has evidence a federal agent was shot by a suspect during an alleged attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner last weekend.
Pirro stated that a buckshot pellet from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was found intertwined with the fiber of a Secret Service officer's vest. According to the prosecutor, it is definitively the defendant's bullet.
The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, is accused of storming a security checkpoint and firing a shotgun in the foyer leading to the dinner on April 25. Reports indicate the gunman was looking to target members of the Trump administration. Allen is charged with attempted assassination, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and illegally transporting guns and ammunition across state lines.
Allen is currently in custody and has not yet entered a plea. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the investigation is ongoing and that more information and an indictment are expected in the coming week.