US EditionFamily of Correspondants' Dinner shooting suspect alerted police before attempted attack - report
Family members warned police about anti-Trump and anti-Christian writings before the suspect tried to storm the dinner, officials said.
- On Saturday, April 25, 2026, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen attempted to charge the ballroom at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents Dinner, triggering a shooting that wounded one officer.
- Prior to the attack, Allen's family contacted the New London Police Department to report anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric, with relatives characterizing his writings as a manifesto.
- Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that Allen faces federal charges on Monday for assault of a federal officer and discharging a firearm in an attempt to kill.
- President Donald Trump called Allen 'a very troubled guy' and confirmed the manifesto's existence, asserting that authorities cannot allow criminals to 'change the course of events in our country.'
- FBI agents are searching an address in Torrance, California, connected to Allen, analyzing recovered writings and materials to determine the suspect's motive for the shooting.
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FBI raids California home of suspect in Dinner Shooting scare
FBI agents storm the home of a suspect linked to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting scare, as new details emerge.The man arrested after shots were fired inside the hotel where the White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held on Saturday night has been named by law enforcement officials as Cole Tomas Allen. The 31-year-old suspect is from Torrance in the Los Angeles region, California.
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