U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro remarked the alleged White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooter shot a Secret Service agent as he attempted to storm the Washington Hilton ballroom last weekend.

Pirro stated latest ballistics evidence showed the agent’s protective vest contained a buckshot pellet from the Mossberg pump action shotgun suspect Cole Allen carried on the night of the shooting.

Prosecutors have charged Allen with the discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, but until Pirro’s comments, it was unclear whose bullet hit the agent.

Allen was freed from suicide precautions after his attorneys asked the court to remove him from any suicide precautions while he is imprisoned.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro mentioned Sunday that the alleged White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, shot a Secret Service agent as he attempted to storm the Washington Hilton ballroom last weekend.

Pirro, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” commented novel ballistics evidence showed the agent’s protective vest contained a buckshot pellet from the Mossberg pump action shotgun Allen allegedly carried on the night of the shooting.

Allen has been charged by federal prosecutors with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in the shooting that left one Secret Service agent shot but uninjured. Prosecutors have also charged Allen with the discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, but until Pirro’s comments, law enforcement officials had not disclosed whose bullet hit the agent.

“It is definitively his bullet,” Pirro commented. “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.”

It’s so far unclear if the determination that Allen was allegedly the person who shot the agent will result in any additional charges. Prosecutors have warned that more charges may be filed in the case.

The shooting at the annual press dinner — which Trump, Vice President JD Vance and many high-ranking administration officials were attending — marked the third attempt on the president’s life since 2024.

Allen, 31, of California, has been held in custody since the night of the shooting. He waived his right to challenge his detention on Thursday.

Allen, on Sunday, was removed from any suicide precautions in jail following an emergency motion from his attorneys.

Allen’s attorneys, in a court filing on Saturday, asked the court to remove him from any suicide precautions while he is imprisoned. The emergency motion was withdrawn on Sunday after his release from suicide precautions, and Allen’s attorneys requested a Monday hearing that was scheduled to be canceled.

Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui on Sunday denied the motion to vacate the scheduled hearing, saying in a minute order that the “Court has grave concerns” about the defendant’s “seemingly unprompted solitary confinement for days and overall conditions of confinement.”

Allen’s lawyers, in asking for his removal from suicide status, stated they “have not seen, and therefore do not argue, that there is expressed intent to punish Mr. Allen.”

“Nevertheless, his placement on suicide precautions amounts to punishment where, as here, he has exhibited no indications of suicidality,” they wrote. This also touches on aspects of wall street.

They contended his placement on “suicide watch and suicide precautions amount to violations of his rights under the Due Process Clause to the U.S. Constitution.”

Allen’s attorneys noted he was assessed on May , on the other hand1, and a jail nurse determined he should be removed from suicide watch and suicide precautions protocols. They reported that he was still on suicide precautions during a visit that day, and that they believe he is still under such precautions.

The defense noted Allen’s presence on suicide precautions limited his ability to mount a defense and deprived him of his due process rights. A person held in suicide watch or precautionary protocols “is not permitted to interact with others inside the facility, receive visits, produce phone calls, or access commissary or resources such as the law library or jail tablets.”

“Continued housing under suicide precautions is unnecessary and violates Mr. Allen’s due process rights by depriving him of dignity and access to resources inside the jail,” they wrote.