A federal prosecutor said Sunday that investigators have found clear evidence that the alleged gunman who attempted to storm a Washington media event that included US President Donald Trump actually shot a Secret Service officer.
WashingtonInvestigators have found clear evidence that the alleged gunman who attempted to storm a Washington media event that included US President Donald Trump actually shot a Secret Service officer, a federal prosecutor said Sunday.
After at least one Secret Service agent also fired shots on the night of April 25, questions remained as to whose weapon struck the officer in his protective jacket on the night of April 25.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. prosecutor in Washington, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that investigators can now say with certainty that the shooting was carried out by Cole Allen, the accused in the attack.
Pirro said, “We can now establish that a bullet fired from the defendant’s Mossberg pump-action shotgun was attached to the fibers of the Secret Service officer’s vest.”
Allen, who was tackled and arrested by security forces shortly after charging through a security checkpoint with several weapons, has not entered a plea.
Pirro said, “It’s definitely his bullet, he hit that Secret Service agent. He had every intention of killing him – him and anyone who got in his way – the President of the United States.”
Investigators have released some security camera footage of Allen wandering around the Washington hotel, as well as a side note of the incident – which took place on a floor above the gala.
In that footage, a man identified as Allen runs through a security checkpoint and points a gun toward a Secret Service officer, who fires multiple times at the attacker as he flees the screen.
There is no apparent muzzle flash from the firearm during the short clip, which does not show the area where Allen was detained.
Pirro told CNN that he will make more video public in the future, including the events after Allen went out of frame.
