Prosecutors said the image showed the suspect “wearing a small leather bag consistent in appearance with the ammunition-filled bag later recovered from his person,” along with a shoulder holster, a sheathed knife, pliers and wire cutters, the court document said.
Minutes later, Allen allegedly “rushed the screening checkpoint on the Terrace Level of the Washington Hilton with a raised shotgun,” Jones wrote.
The court filing also included images of the shotgun Allen allegedly used in the confrontation Saturday, along with the knives and a loaded .38-caliber pistol.
After Allen allegedly rushed past a metal detector, a Secret Service agent “drew his service weapon and fired five times at the defendant,” the prosecutor wrote.
“The defendant fell to the ground, was restrained by law enforcement and was placed under arrest,” Jones added. “The defendant suffered a minor injury to his knee but was not shot.”
A court-appointed defense attorney for Allen could not be immediately
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