White House Dinner Shooting: Investigators confirm officer shot by Trump assassination suspect

The White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting investigation team confirms that the Trump assassination suspect shot an officer at the press gala.

As per the prosecutors, the Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was ‘definitively’ hit by the suspect's bullet.

Authorities in the United States have said that the suspect accused of attempting to kill US President Donald Trump was the same culprit who shot a Secret Service agent. 

“It is definitively his bullet. He hit at that Secret Service agent. He had every intention to kill him and anyone who got in his way, on his way to killing the president of the United States,” Pirro said.

Officials initially did not provide details on how the agent – who was wearing a bulletproof vest – was injured. On Sunday, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro told CNN that investigators have confirmed that the agent was shot by the alleged gunman, Cole Tomas Allen.

“This was a premeditated, violent act, calculated to take down the president and anyone who was in the line of fire.”

She added that a pellet that came from the suspect’s shotgun was “intertwined with the fiber” of the agent’s protective vest.

The determination could lead to additional legal charges against the 31-year-old suspect. It also rules out speculation that the agent may have been struck by so-called “friendly fire."

The Justice Department announced three charges against Allen last week – attempting to assassinate Trump, the transportation of a firearm across states with intent to commit a felony and the discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.

Notably, a life sentence in prison faces anyone convicted of attempted assassination.