A dramatic video released by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro shows Cole Tomas Allen casing areas at the Washington Hilton Hotel on April 24, and then the next night, storming through a Secret Service checkpoint outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at that hotel, where President Donald Trump was set to give a speech.
The video, which Pirro posted on X on Thursday evening, shows a Secret Service officer quickly pulling his handgun and firing multiple times at Allen as the 31-year-old California resident sprints toward and through the checkpoint with what prosecutors have said was a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun in his hands.
Pirro said investigators have found no evidence to indicate that a Secret Service agent who was struck by gunfire during the incident was shot by another member of law enforcement, but did not elaborate on that claim.
The agent was not seriously injured because the shot was stopped by protective gear, authorities have said.
The video, taken from surveillance cameras at the Hilton, traces Allen’s movements on the evening of April 24 and on the night of April 25, when the WHCA dinner was being held.
