"Prosecutors allege Allen planned his attack for weeks and tracked Trump's movements online before he ran through a magnetometer at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night while holding a long gun and disrupted one of the highest-profile annual events in the nation's capital."
"The Justice Department, in response, said the evidence shows Allen fired his shotgun at least once in the Secret Service agent's direction. Investigators recovered at least one fragment at the crime scene that is consistent with a buckshot pellet, prosecutors wrote."
Cole Thomas Allen is accused of attempting to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with firearms and knives, aiming to kill President Trump. Prosecutors allege he planned the attack for weeks, tracking Trump's movements online. During the incident at the Washington Hilton, Allen ran through a security checkpoint with a long gun. He was injured but not shot, while a Secret Service officer was shot but survived. Evidence suggests Allen fired his shotgun at least once, and investigations are ongoing regarding the ballistics evidence.
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