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".
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Court papers do not explicitly accuse the suspect of shooting the officer, even as officials say it was not "friendly fire".
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro confirmed that ballistic evidence shows the alleged assailant at the White House correspondents’ dinner shot at a Secret Service officer, with a pellet from the defendant’s shotgun found intertwined with the officer's bullet-resistant vest.
Authorities have confirmed that the suspect accused of attempting to kill President Donald Trump was the one who shot a Secret Service agent at the White House correspondents’ dinner last month.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro stated that ballistic evidence shows the alleged assailant at the White House correspondents’ dinner shot at a Secret Service officer, with a pellet from the defendant’s shotgun found intertwined with the officer's bullet-resistant vest.
Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner struck a Secret Service agent, according to the federal prosecutor overseeing the investigation.
Investigators have determined that the Secret Service officer who was shot at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was not hit by friendly fire from another member of law enforcement, sources say.
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