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Secret Service director denies agent was wounded by friendly fire

Secret Service Director Sean Curran said on Thursday that an agent at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last weekend was not shot by friendly fire in the attack. Rather, Curran said the agent was shot at “point-blank range” with a shotgun held by Cole Allen, 31.

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Secret Service director denies agent was wounded by friendly fireSecret Service Director Sean Curran said on Thursday that an agent at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last weekend was not shot by friendly fire in the attack. Rather, Curran said the agent was shot at “point-blank range” with a shotgun held by Cole Allen, 31.
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