
Who shot a Secret Service officer at the Trump press dinner?
Court papers do not explicitly accuse the suspect of shooting the officer, even as officials say it was not "friendly fire".

Court papers do not explicitly accuse the suspect of shooting the officer, even as officials say it was not "friendly fire".

Surveillance video released Thursday shows alleged would-be assassin Cole Tomas Allen, 31, casing the Washington Hilton Hotel on April 24 and then storming a Secret Service checkpoint the next evening during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner where President Trump was speaking. Allen allegedly wielded a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun and was shot by a Secret Service officer. He was also carrying a .38-caliber pistol, ammunition, and multiple knives. The officer struck by gunfire was not seriously injured due to protective gear. Allen, a Caltech graduate from Torrance, California, is charged with trying to assassinate Trump and related firearms offenses.

US President Donald Trump and the head of the Secret Service said on Thursday the federal agent injured during the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner had not been hit by friendly fire, as authorities released a video of the incident. Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, posted the nearly six-minute video on social media amid lingering questions over whose bullet struck the officer. Pirro noted that the security footage captured suspect Cole Tomas...

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro released video surveillance footage showing Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old California resident, casing the Washington Hilton Hotel on April 24 before allegedly attacking a Secret Service checkpoint the next night during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner where President Trump was scheduled to speak. The video shows Allen sprinting through a checkpoint with a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, at which point a Secret Service officer fired multiple shots, striking an agent who was protected by gear. Allen is charged with trying to assassinate Trump, transporting firearms in interstate commerce, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro released video showing Cole Tomas Allen, 31, casing the Washington Hilton Hotel on April 24 before allegedly attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner the next night. The footage shows Allen running through a Secret Service checkpoint with a long gun as an officer fires at him. A Secret Service agent was struck but not seriously injured because protective gear stopped the bullet. Allen, a Torrance, California resident, is charged with trying to assassinate Trump and other crimes.

US President Trump and Secret Service Director Sean Curran confirmed that a Secret Service agent was shot at point blank range by suspect Cole Tomas Allen, 31, during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner attack. Authorities released video showing the suspect firing at the agent as he ran through security. The agent returned fire with five shots but did not hit the suspect, who fell after hitting his knee. The US attorney for Washington stated there is no evidence the agent was hit by friendly fire.

The video was released after claims that the secret service member sustained injuries in an act of 'friendly fire'.