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Online posts raise possibility Secret Service agent at WHCD was hit by friendly fire

newsApr 27, 202628972

Widespread speculation on social feeds suggests the wounded Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondents' Dinner may have been struck by friendly fire

emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social

Note: DOJ did NOT charge Allen with 18 USC 111, which they would have if they knew he shot the USSS who was shot. So ... possibly friendly fire.

3726h ago
Betsy Cazden8

Most likely they didn't have the evidence yet when they prepared the charges. I'm keeping an eye on whether this charge reappears. I've wondered whether he fired at all, or if all the gunshots were from USSS etc.

soundgood26

Well they know if the suspects gun was fired. They know how many rounds their own agents fired. He said it is difficult to recover bullets from the scene which seems unlikely in a closed area that they have total access to. What evidence would be on the vest of the agent that was hit?

ClavdiaMinor5

Yes. Been thinking about this:

luv4calif.bsky.social2

Huey Long was shot by his own security in a circle jerk panic. This sounds similar. Security did the shooting & are the ones who shot one of their own in a circle jerk panic.

bunnyjenkins.bsky.social2

One of the criteria to use force is Know your backstop and beyond (meaning what is beyond your target)- i would think a checkpoint every XXX feet, means the potential for friendly fire is high.

Tom2

Just a fast indictment to keep him in jail with the expectation of a possible superseding indictment later?

Pookleblinky
@pookleblinky.bsky.social

My bet is that the guy who naruto ran into the dinner did it for completely incoherent reasons, that the person shot was friendly fire from secret service, *and* that friends and family will be like "he wasn't political, he just has very strong views about trigonometry" or such.

317Yesterday
Pookleblinky94

My further bet is that even with the overwhelming public reaction of "meh, whatever," there'll be at least one push to kirk it up into a grand spectacle before it's revealed he was actually like, just trying to deliver an important message about triangles to his favorite tv anchor.

Blogus10

Dude was a techbro game developer who probably put all his faith in having a future in said industry to the point where he apparently taught other people the skills to be a part of that industry. It’s gotta break your brain to see 1/3 of the jobs disappear over the last five years.

Blue Meme and John F Kennedy Center
@bluememe.bsky.social

I think what they are trying to avoid saying is this: (1) the perp never fired a shot; (2) one or more security personnel fired shots but missed him. Which suggests that the Secret Service person who got hit in his bulletproof vest was a friendly fire victim.

685h ago
Tom Tell
@thomastell.bsky.social

The more I listen to Blanche, the more I think the Secret Service agent was hit by friendly fire from another security officer. 🤨

367h ago
Claude Taylor
@realclaudetaylor.bsky.social

Questions. Did Cole Allen fire any shots? Were the shots heard all from LE/Secret Service? Was the one agent saved by bulletproof vest a friendly fire incident?

308h ago
The Editorial Board
@editorialboard.bsky.social

AP: The man accused of opening fire at the WHCD sent writings to family members minutes before the shooting referring to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin,” railing against Trump administration policies and signaling what investigators increasingly believe was a politically driven attack.

13Yesterday
TKarney
@pecunium.bsky.social

If they aren't charging him for shooting them... he didn't. Unless there was some other armed rando there... it was friendly fire.

165h ago
Dawn Summers real or fake
@dawnsummers.bsky.social

And it seems like the secret service agent who was shot was a victim of friendly fire 👀👀👀

105h ago
Burnt2Death
@bernadettehalt.bsky.social

1) I thought he was just a gunman, not actually getting off a shot. And a Secret Service agent "shot" was supposedly hit by friendly fire. 2) Gee, I attended "No Kings" protests and voted for Harris/Walz. Does that make me a suspect? 3) He got through too many agents. Something's definitely rotten.

14Yesterday
Malcolm
@idontmissmyx.bsky.social

Why are they burying the shooting of the secret service person by another secret service person. Friendly fire.

6Yesterday
Ash McGonigal
@ashmcgonigal.com

I regret not documenting my suspicion that it was friendly fire. Honestly I thought that's what everyone was assuming.

65h ago
MontanaChris
@montanabeef.bsky.social

For the shots even by the suspect or just by Secret Service? And was the officer shot shot by friendly fire?

7Yesterday
Harry Marουδας🧿⚓
@harrymaroudas.bsky.social

They knew it was "friendly fire" as soon as they took the vest off the agent.

86h ago
Carol
@pinkgodzilla2.bsky.social

That or friendly fire. Been waiting for an update as that seemed to be the only options available.

85h ago
Bar Mageddon
@barmageddon.bsky.social

wait the “shooter” didn’t actually fire a weapon, and a secret service agent was hit by friendly fire? is this real i could look it up but i am le tired

84h ago

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