Donald Trump on Firing Incident: US President Donald Trump held a press conference on the firing incident at the Hilton Hotel in Washington DC. He has called this attack an attack on the Constitution of America. Trump said that the Secret Service acted very bravely. He has saved my life. The US President also said that a secret agent was shot during this incident, he is safe.
Secret Service acted bravely- Trump
President Trump said in the press conference that this was very unexpected, but the Secret Service and law enforcement agencies responded incredibly quickly. A man armed with several weapons approached a security checkpoint. Some very brave members of the Secret Service overpowered him. They acted very quickly and just now, for the purpose of transparency and clarity, a tape has been released that shows the violence of this felon who attacked our Constitution, and also shows how quickly the Secret Service and law enforcement agencies responded on behalf of our country.
‘An officer was shot, he is safe’
He told that during this firing incident, an officer was shot, but he survived because he was wearing a very good bulletproof jacket. He was shot at very close range, with a very powerful gun, the jacket did its job. His condition is very good now. He is absolutely fine, his spirits are very high and we told him that we love and respect him.
The US President said that law and order officials and Washington DC Police talked to the Mayor and the situation is being completely monitored. Trump also said that this was not the first time that such an attack has happened on the country. He reminded that a few years ago a possible attack was attempted in the Butler area of Pennsylvania. After that, a similar situation occurred in Palm Beach, Florida, where he himself faced danger at close range. He said that in all these cases the law and order agencies worked very well and quickly, due to which major accidents were averted. He has said that the program will be organized again in 30 days.
The attacker was caught after the firing incident. Information related to that has also come to light. It is being told that the name of the suspected attacker is Cole Thomas Allen and his age is 31 years. He is a resident of California. He is a mechanical engineer by profession. The accused is being interrogated.