Online posts raise possibility Secret Service agent at WHCD was hit by friendly fire
A Secret Service agent was wounded during a shooting near the White House Correspondents' Dinner and authorities arrested Cole Allen at the scene. The Justice Department charged Allen with firearm and related offenses but did not bring an assault-on-a-federal-officer count under 18 U.S.C. 111. The omission of that specific charge and gaps in publicly released investigative details leave unresolved who fired the bullet that struck the agent. That uncertainty matters because a friendly fire determination would change legal exposure and raise urgent questions about coordination and transparency in White House security operations.
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.
Mueller, She Wrote143Pirro said during that first presser that they were charging him with 111, so they must have found out they couldn’t since then - or at least that it’s in question
ClavdiaMinor19Yes. Been thinking about this:
Betsy Cazden17Most 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.
soundgood216Well 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?
luv4calif.bsky.social9Huey 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.
The Fishpainter7Something about the reporting ( and the video yesterday) made me suspect that was a possibility.
bunnyjenkins.bsky.social6One 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.
Tom4Just a fast indictment to keep him in jail with the expectation of a possible superseding indictment later?
twistedphilosopher.bsky.social4It was 100% friendly fire...its on camera. Also explains why he was taken alive. www.instagram.com/reel/DXpq9j1...
Sock Puppet Pundit3Maybe they are worried that Pirro is going to get a no bill.
hotelalhamra.bsky.social2Yeah, the SS agent getting hit with shot or slug from a shotgun makes no sense. bsky.app/profile/hote...
Eric Knutson2-Do you know which city the incident occurred in? -We're still investigating that but we're learning more.
John Novio2So agent was a victim of "friendly fire", sad how trump drags everything down to his level.
Thor from Ireland2My thoughts exactly, he shows up with a bag and a shotgun (a close distance weapon) a pistol and some knives (knives and pistol in a bag) and a Secret Service agent gets shot in his body armor. He never made it past the 1st checkpoint when he was discovered trying to enter. Side arms drawn and oops
unograd77.bsky.social2Huh???? They don’t know that already??????? Just how many Secret Service and Police were there????? And they don’t how many shots were fired???? Hmmmmm…it just doesn’t add up……….
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.
Pookleblinky94My 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.
Blogus10Dude 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.
