US EditionNeighbours of Washington Dinner Shooting Suspect React
Investigators say the suspect exchanged gunfire with law enforcement, injured a Secret Service agent and faces federal charges.
- On Saturday, Cole Tomas Allen rushed a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, exchanging gunfire with law enforcement and forcing President Donald Trump and other officials to evacuate the Washington Hilton.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation agents descended on Allen's Torrance, California home late Saturday night with armored trucks and tactical gear, searching for evidence hours after the shooting.
- A senior administration official revealed Allen expressed "rage" at the Trump administration's leadership in a manifesto; he carried a legally purchased Maverick 12-gauge shotgun and Armscor Precision.38 pistol.
- Allen faces charges including using a firearm during a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer, with a Secret Service agent injured during the confrontation.
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirmed Allen interned there for approximately three months in 2014; he is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, April 27, 2026.
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Federal Investigators Focusing on Torrance, CA Home of Alleged Correspondents Dinner Shooter
YouTube@NBCLA Federal agents are focusing on a home in Torrance, California following the shooting at Saturday’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner. It’s the home of the suspect, 31-year-old Cole Allen. Secret Service and FBI agents were seen canvassing the home Saturday night into Sunday morning. Voter registration records show Allen’s parents own the home. FBI agents also went door-to-door, interviewing neighbors about Allen, who allegedl…
DC gala gunman wrote ‘manifesto,’ traveled from California before attack, officials say
Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman who rattled the nation’s top leaders by exchanging gunfire with federal authorities after racing through the secure perimeter of a press gala in Washington late Saturday, had made a long journey from Southern California…
U.S. agents catalyzed the house of Cole Thomas Allen, a detained man who tried to execute an attack on U.S. President Donald Trump.The 31-year-old home of Cole Thomas Allen is located in a high-middle-class neighborhood in Torrance, Los Angeles, California.The engineer and professor, whom many have described as quiet, broke into the night of April 25 at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., where the White House Correspondents Dinner was held wh…
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