The law enforcement officer who was hit by an attacker’s bullet at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday is OK and expected to make a full recovery, early reports indicate.
The unidentified officer was shot by the would-be assailant — identified as Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California — after he sprinted past security at the event where President Donald Trump was the main honoree.
As of early Sunday morning, The Associated Press reported, Allen faces two charges: one in relation to using a firearm during a crime, another involving assault on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon.
However, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said that there might be additional charges filed.
The officer was wearing a bulletproof vest and was hit in the vest by the shots that were fired.
Allen, who was alleged to be heavily armed, was taken into custody before he could get near
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