The pellet "definitively" links the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, to the attack, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro told CNN on Sunday.

The disclosure comes amid questions about whether a colleague wounded the agent or suspect Cole Tomas Allen at the White House Correspondents’ dinner.

For the second time in as many weeks, a U.S. Secret Service agent fired a gun at an armed suspect in Washington D.C., less than a mile from the White House. The agency said an agent returned fire at a man carrying a gun.

Police cordoned off an area in response to a shooting incident at the intersection of 15th and Independence Ave in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2026. Reporter Secret Service officers shot a man on Monday following an exchange of gunfire near the White House that also injured a juvenile bystander.

Sources identify Michael Marx as the armed suspect shot by Secret Service officers near the White House after allegedly pulling a firearm Monday.

Allen faces federal charges, including attempted assassination of the president and assault on a federal officer.

Secret Service agents on Monday exchanged gunfire with an armed man near the Washington Monument, hitting a bystander, officials said. The suspect, who was not publicly identified

Questions swirl over Secret Service security after an armed gunman allegedly attempted to assassinate Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.