Secret Service fired FIVE shots at Trump alleged assassin inches from packed crowd – and may have hit one of their own

Secret Service agents fired five shots at the man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump but failed to hit him and may have accidentally struck one of their own, the acting attorney general revealed.

Todd Blanche told reporters Monday that agents subdued alleged gunman Cole Tomas Allen, 31, only after he tripped and fell while breaching a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

‘One Secret Service officer was shot in the chest, but was wearing a ballistic vest that worked,’ the acting Attorney General said. 

‘This heroic officer who was hit, fired five times at Allen, who was not shot, but fell to

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