Officials identify suspect in White House correspondents' dinner shooting
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Source: Washington Post
President Donald Trump said a “shooter has been apprehended” as he and other guests were evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday. Officials identified the suspect as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California.
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“This is an isolated incident,” D.C. interim police chief Jeffery Carroll said at a news conference. The suspect, who was a guest at the hotel, was “armed with a shotgun,” a handgun and knives when he ran through a security checkpoint toward the ballroom where the dinner was taking place, Carroll said.
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Trump said the incident proved the need for the White House ballroom he has proposed building, saying it would be a more secure facility than the hotel where the dinner took place.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/25/trump-whcd-evacuation-live-updates/
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