Pirro says bullet that hit Secret Service agent at WHCA dinner was ‘definitively’ fired by gunman

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Pirro says bullet that hit Secret Service agent at WHCA dinner was ‘definitively’ fired by gunman

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The Hill
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Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said the bullet that struck a Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was definitively fired by the alleged gunman, and prosecutors have video supporting that claim. CNN and The Hill report Pirro’s assertion, with CNN noting the pellet came from a Mossberg pump-action shotgun and The Guardian US referencing her comments about the pellet being intertwined with vest fibers. The Guardian US also relays Pirro’s assertion of evidence linking the shot to the suspect; no articles contradict this characterization in the provided set.

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Pirro says bullet that hit Secret Service agent at WHCA dinner was ‘definitively’ fired by gunman
The Hill
The Hill
Center
5/3/2026

Pirro says bullet that hit Secret Service agent at WHCA dinner was ‘definitively’ fired by gunman

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, affirmed Sunday that the bullet that hit a Secret Service agent at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was fired by the alleged gunman. Pirro told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” that prosecutors have video of the.

Jeanine Pirro says evidence shows suspect shot officer at White House press dinner
The Guardian US5/3/2026

Jeanine Pirro says she has evidence officer was shot at White House press dinner

US attorney says ‘we can establish’ pellet from defendant’s gunshot was ‘intertwined with fiber of vest’ of federal agent The US government has evidence that a federal agent was shot by the suspect during an alleged recent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the.

Secret Service agent ‘definitely’ shot by suspected gunman at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, US attorney says | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
5/3/2026

Secret Service agent ‘definitely’ shot by suspected gunman at last weekend’s correspondents’ dinner, US attorney says

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that the Secret Service agent who was shot at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend was hit by a shotgun blast from the suspect charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. “We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot, from the.

Cole Allen
New York Post
New York Post
Lean Right
5/3/2026

WHCD shooting suspect Cole Allen ‘thought he was Rambo,’ wanted Trump dead: top DC fed

Cole Allen thought he was “Rambo” and armed himself “to the teeth” to try to kill President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, DC’s top law-enforcement official revealed Sunday. Jeanine Pirro, US attorney for the District of Columbia, stressed it wasn’t friendly fire but Allen, 31, who shot a Secret.

Secret Service agent ‘definitely’ shot by suspected gunman at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, US attorney says | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
5/3/2026

Secret Service agent ‘definitely’ shot by suspected gunman at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, US attorney says

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that the Secret Service agent who was shot at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend was hit by a shotgun blast from the suspect charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. “We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot, from the.