US EditionDOJ says WHCA dinner shooting suspect took mirror selfie before attack
Prosecutors say Cole Allen took the image about 30 minutes before rushing a security checkpoint with guns and knives, and he faces life in prison.
- On Wednesday, federal prosecutors released a selfie Cole Tomas Allen took inside his Washington Hilton Hotel room about 30 minutes before attempting to storm the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner security checkpoint on Saturday night.
- Allen, a 31-year-old California resident, carried a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun and Rock Island Armory 1911 pistol, intending to assassinate President Donald Trump and target cabinet officials at the dinner.
- Shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Allen sprinted toward the ballroom holding more than 2000 attendees, prompting Secret Service agents to return fire five times before tackling the defendant.
- Prosecutors wrote, "This was a planned attack of unfathomable malice," and Allen faces a detention hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington to determine if he remains in custody.
- Facing charges including attempted assassination of the President and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, Allen faces a possible life sentence plus a mandatory minimum of 10 years consecutive if convicted.
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A train ride. A selfie. A search of Trump's schedule. Here's what DOJ says happened in the minutes and days before the press gala shooting.
Cole Allen allegedly started planning the attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner three weeks ago, a new court document filed by prosecutors says.
The man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at the correspondents' dinner had photographed himself at the hotel shortly before the events.
Images from documents filed by the U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, Apr 29 (EFE).- Cole Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents Dinner, planned the attack for weeks, crossed the country on a highly armed train and stayed at the event hotel to mock security, according to the prosecutor's office this Wednesday.
On Wednesday, prosecutors revealed that the man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on Saturday, during a dinner in Washington, took an armed selfie in his hotel room minutes before the incident. According to CNBC, Cole Allen used his cell phone to take a photograph in the mirror of his room at 20:03 local time (the same hour in Chile), half an hour before the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents Dinner. In…
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