Gunfire at White House Correspondents' Dinner May Have Struck Cellphone in Officer's Vest

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Gunfire at White House Correspondents' Dinner May Have Struck Cellphone in Officer's Vest
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A shotgun fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C.; six shots were fired, five by a Secret Service officer who was wounded but not seriously, and investigators say the officer's bulletproof vest may have caught the blast and struck a cellphone tucked in its pocket. The suspect, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, was charged with attempting to assassinate the president and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence after traveling from California with two firearms and several knives and using an unguarded hotel stairwell to reach the venue. President Trump and guests took cover as investigators review ballistics and timing of the shots.

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